grallatorial
[ gral-uh-tawr-ee-uhl, -tohr- ]
/ ˌgræl əˈtɔr i əl, -ˈtoʊr- /
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adjective
belonging or pertaining to the wading birds, as the snipes, cranes, storks, and herons, many species of which have very long legs.
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Example sentences from the Web for grallatorial
Agami, ag′a-mi, n. the golden-breasted trumpeter, a grallatorial bird of South America.
But every one knows that these grallatorial animals are excellent birds of flight.
This is preferred to grallatorial, as more comprehensively descriptive.
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British Dictionary definitions for grallatorial
grallatorial
/ (ˌɡræləˈtɔːrɪəl) /
adjective
of or relating to long-legged wading birds, such as cranes, herons, and storks
Word Origin for grallatorial
C19: from New Latin grallātōrius, from Latin grallātor one who walks on stilts, from grallae stilts
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