Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining or related to the genus Rallus or family Rallidæ; resembling a rail; ralliform in a narrow sense.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Pertaining to the rails.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective ornithology, rare Of, or pertaining to members of the
Rallidae family (also referred to asrails ).
Etymologies
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From scentific Latin Rallidae (family name).
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Examples
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Of rails, or ralline birds, there are ten or twelve, ranging from a small spotted creature no bigger than a thrush to some large majestic birds.
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1893 OsW 1862-1893 OsW galline domestic fowl ralline rail 1885-1892
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