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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.

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  1. n. pl. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. An order of birds which formerly included all the waders. Bylater writers it is usually restricted to the sandpipers, plovers,and allied forms; -- called also Grallatores.