a lector

[Gr. ἀλέκτωρ ( alektor ) = a cock: a, priv., and λέκτρον ( lektron ) = bed; or ἠλέκτωρ ( elektor ) = the beaming sun.] Zool.: Merrem's name for the birds of the gallinaceous family Cracidæ. [CURASSON.] a-lec-tör-i-a (1), s. [Lat, a lector i us = pertaining to a cock.] [A LECTOR.] A stone, called also A lector i us lapis , Alec toro lithos , and Cock- stone , said by the ancients to be found in the gizzards of old cocks. They attributed to it many fabulous virtues.