Grallae \Gral"l[ae]\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. grallae stilts, for
gradulae, fr. gradus. See {Grade.}] (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}.
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