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grallae |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Grallae \Gral"l[ae]\, n. pl [NL., fr L. grallae stilts, for gradulae, fr gradus. See {Grade.}] (Zo["o]l.) An order of birds which formerly included all the waders. By later writers it is usually restricted to the sandpipers, plovers, and allied forms; -- called also {Grallatores.}
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