'Grallatores' definitions:

Definition of 'Grallatores'

From: GCIDE
  • Grallatores \Gral"la*to"res\, n. pl. [NL. from L. grallator one who runs on stilts.] (Zool.) See Grall[ae]. Grallatorial

Definition of 'Grallatores'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]