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Webster 1913 Edition

Grallae

‖

Gral′læ

,

Noun.

pl.

[NL., fr. L.

grallae

stilts, for

gradulae

, fr.

gradus.

See

]

(Zool.)

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

.