• (n. pl.) 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.
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Grallae is the Waders order of birds. They are characterized by a long leg and tarsus, the lower portion of the leg generally devoid of feathers. The bill is long or moderate. They have three or four toes, more or less connected by a membrane at the base, sometimes lobated. The Grallae are adapted by structure for feeding in marshes, on the muddy o...
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