Medical Definition of Grallae
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An order of birds which formerly included all the waders. By later writers it is usually restricted to the sandpipers, plovers, and allied forms.
Synonym: Grallatores.
Origin: NL, fr. L. Grallae stilts, for gradulae, fr. Gradus. See Grade.
Source: Websters Dictionary
(01 Mar 1998)
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