Grallic
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Grallic is an adjective meaning (zoology, archaic) Of or relating to the Grallae, a former taxonomic classification of wading birds.
Meaning
(zoology, archaic) Of or relating to the Grallae, a former taxonomic classification of wading birds.
Example Sentences
The crane and fowls of a like kind, seem to hold a middle place between land and water fowls, as they have separate toes like land fowls, but the bills and legs of the aquatic orders. [...] From the length of their legs they are called grallic, or stilted.
Synonyms for grallic
Depending on context, synonyms include gralline.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include palaeognathous, archaellar, paleognathous, gastrical, archaeozoological, archosauriform.
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