Noun | 1. | ![]() limicoline bird, shore bird, shorebird - any of numerous wading birds that frequent mostly seashores and estuaries Cladorhyncus, genus Cladorhyncus - one of two genera of stilts; similar to avocets but with straight bills banded stilt, Cladorhyncus leucocephalum - web-footed Australian stilt with reddish-brown pectoral markings |