Grallae

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Grallae \Gral"l[ae]\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. grallae stilts, for
     gradulae, fr. gradus. See {Grade.}] (Zool.)
     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}.
     [1913 Webster]