What does "grallatorial" mean?

Of or pertaining to wading birds.

What is a synonym for "grallatorial"?

Common synonyms include: aquatic, deep sea, estuarine, littoral, seashore, shore.

Grallatorial

adj

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Definitions

Adjective

1
Of or pertaining to wading birds.
2
Of legs, long and thin, as a wader.
"Will found himself growing increasingly depressed as he twisted his grallatorial limbs and shook his nugatory buttocks with the rest of his fellow sufferers—it was the same thing, day in, day out, a purgatory of the unwise and unwell."

Synonyms

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aquatic deep sea estuarine littoral seashore shore

Example

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"Will found himself growing increasingly depressed as he twisted his grallatorial limbs and shook his nugatory buttocks with the rest of his fellow sufferers—it was the same thing, day in, day out, a purgatory of the unwise and unwell."

Etymology

From Grallatores (former order name) (from Latin grallātor (“stilt-walker”)) + -ial.

Related phrases

wading bird

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