Definition of Grallatores. Meaning of Grallatores. Synonyms of Grallatores

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Definition of Grallatores

Grallatores
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.
Grallatores
Grallatores Gral"la*to"res, n. pl. [NL. from L. grallator one who runs on stilts.] (Zo”l.) See Grall[ae].

Meaning of Grallatores from wikipedia

- Ratitae Ranzani, 1823 Rasores Vigors, 1826 Cursitrices MacGillivray, 1840 Grallatores Keyserling & Bl., 1840 Proceres Sunder., 1872 Struthiornithiformes Latham...
- vol.3,p. 547. Die vollständigste Naturgeschichte der Sumpfvögel:Aves Grallatores. (= Novitiae ad Synopsin Avium...II.Grallatories (III Rasores) No.: V...
- History of the Birds of Great Britain and Ireland: Part III: Rasores and Grallatores, by Jardine with a memoir of John Walker 1842, An Introduction to the...
- insessores (1849) Volume 2: Birds, comprising the orders rasores and grallatores (1850) Volume 3: Birds, comprising the order natatores (1851) Volume...
- Dove, or Wood Pigeon - Little Bustard) Grallatores [Waders] (Cream-coloured Courser - Purple Sandpiper) Grallatores (continued, Collared Pratincole - Red-necked...