grallatorial

[gral-uh-tawr-ee-uh l, -tohr-]

adjective

belonging or pertaining to the wading birds, as the snipes, cranes, storks, and herons, many species of which have very long legs.

Origin of grallatorial

1825–35; < Latin grallātor one who walks on stilts (grall(ae) stilts + -ātor -ator) + -ial

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Historical Examples of grallatorial

Agami, ag′a-mi, n. the golden-breasted trumpeter, a grallatorial bird of South America.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)
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This is preferred to grallatorial, as more comprehensively descriptive.
Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation
Robert Chambers
But every one knows that these grallatorial animals are excellent birds of flight.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5
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British Dictionary definitions for grallatorial

grallatorial

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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