limi-, lim-

(Latin: mud)


limicole (verb), limicoles; limicoled; limicoling
Growing and surviving in mud.
limicoline: wading birds
Of or pertaining to the Limicolae, a family of shore or wading birds; especially the plovers, sandpipers, and phalaropes.
limicolous (adjective), more limicolous, most limicolous
limiphile (s) (noun), limiphiles (pl)
An organism that thrives in mud: The lotus, a limiphile, can prosper in the bottoms of slow-moving rivers and delta regions that are always moist or wet and therefore can survive in any harsh weather condition.
limiphilous (adjective), more limiphilous, most limiphilous
Regarding a form of life that grows in mud: The limiphilous lotus cannot grow in the desert because it needs lots of water and is unable to thrive in dry regions with little or no rainfall or precipitation.
limiphily (s) (noun) (no pl)
The occurrence of an organism dwelling in mud: After reading about limiphily, Ted found out that he could sprout a lotus seed just in water, but the full-grown plant could only thrive in soil.
limivorous
Feeding on mud, as certain amnelids, for the organic matter it contains.
limous