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grallic

grallic adjective: of or relating to the Grallae, a former taxonomic classification of wading birds.

Adjective

grallic (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Of or relating to the Grallae, a former taxonomic classification of wading birds.
    • 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.1812, Noah Webster, Jun., “The Grallic or Stilted Kind, with Cloven Feet”, in History of Animals; Designed for the Instruction and Amusement of Persons of both Sexes, New Haven, Conn.: Published and...
    Synonyms:
    gralline

Synonyms of grallic

Origin of grallic

From taxonomic name Grallae + -ic.

Questions about grallic

What does grallic mean?
Grallic means of or relating to the Grallae, a former taxonomic classification of wading birds.
What part of speech is grallic?
Grallic is an adjective.

Words near grallic in the dictionary

  1. Graley
  2. Graleys
  3. Grall
  4. grallatorial
  5. grallatory
  6. grallic
  7. gralline
  8. grallinid
  9. grallinids
  10. gralloch
  11. gralloched

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