Saxicolinæ (saksikoline)

pl. [NL., bristly rictus, pointed wings, and short square tail. There numerous genera, and upward of a hundred species. They are almost exclusively Old World, though 3 genera appear in America. See cuts under whinchat and stonechat. saxicoline (sak-sik'ō-lin), a. [As saxicole + -inel.] 1. In zoöl., living among rocks; rock inhabiting; rupicoline; rupestrine; in bot., same as saxicolous. - 2. Specifically, of or pertaining to the Saxicolinæ. saxicolous (sak-sik'ō-lus), a. [