Definitions for grallatorial

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grallatorial gral·la·to·ri·al

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

IPA: /ˌgræl əˈtɔr i əl, -ˈtoʊr-/

Grallatorial is a 12 letter English word.

You can make 337 anagrams from letters in grallatorial (aaagilllorrt).

Definitions for grallatorial

adjective

1. 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

Examples 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.