Alec toro morphæ (a lek to rom orfe)

pl. [NL., geons and tinamous. Since 1867, when the term was proposed, a stricter signification has been attached to it by exclusion of the Turnicidæ and Pteroclide. In the restricted sense, it is divided into the two groups of Alectoropodes and Peristeropodes, the former containing the fowls proper (old family Phasianide, etc.), the latter the mound-birds ( Megapod ide ) and cura ows ( Cracida ). the old order Galliner Rasores exclusive of the pi alec toro morpho us (a-lek" tō-rō-môr' fus), a. Having the character of or pertaining to the Alec toro morph a; gallinaceous or rasorial, in a strict sense. Alectoropodes (a-lek-tō-rop'ō-dēz), n. pl. [NL., toropodes. The suborders [of Alec toro morph a ) are called respectively the Alec toro pod ous ... and the Peristeropodous Gallinæ. Stand. Nat . Hist ., IV. 197. 135 longs to South America. Sometimes written, more correctly, Alec to rurus, and also Alectrura, Alecturus, Alectura.