GRALLÆ
\ɡɹˈalə], \ɡɹˈalə], \ɡ_ɹ_ˈa_l_ə]\
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gral'[=e], GRALLATORES, gral-a-t[=o]'r[=e]z, n.pl. an old order of wading and running birds, including rails, snipes and curlews, cranes, herons and bitterns, storks, and numerous other families.--adjs. GRALLAT[=O]'RIAL, GRALL'ATORY, GRALL'IC, GRALL'INE. [L. grallator--grallæ, stilts, contr. of gradulæ, dim. of gradus, a step--gradi, to step.]
By Thomas Davidson
