The Collaborative International Dictionary
Grallatores \Gral"la*to"res\, n. pl. [NL. from L. grallator one who runs on stilts.] (Zo["o]l.) See Grall[ae].
Grallae \Gral"l[ae]\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. grallae stilts, for gradulae, fr. gradus. See Grade.] (Zo["o]l.) 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.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
wading birds, Modern Latin, from Latin grallotores "stilt-walkers," plural of grallator, from grallae "stilts," ultimately from stem of gradi "to walk, go" (see grade (n.)). Related: Grallatorial (1835).
Usage examples of "grallatores".
What seems plainer than that the long toes of grallatores are formed for walking over swamps and floating plants, yet the water-hen is nearly as aquatic as the coot.