a. Ornith. [f. mod.L. Thīnocorus (properly -ys), f. Gr. θΐς, θῑν- beach, sea-shore + κόρυς lark: see -INE1.] Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the Thinocoridæ or quail-snipes, a family of South American wading birds, typified by the genus Thinocorus.
1885. Stand. Nat. Hist., IV. 92. The Thinocorine palate, in which the vomer is connected with the nasal cartilages in a manner recalling that of the Ægithognathæ.
