[ˏgrælә'tɔ:ri:z]
n.
[鸟]涉水禽类

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


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.}