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grallatores |
2 definitions 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.} From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Grallatores \Gral"la*to"res\, n. pl [NL. from L. grallator one who runs on stilts.] (Zo”l.) See {Grall[ae]}.
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