Does anyone know the definition of the word Gralian(s)?

Question

here are a couple of references i found but don't have any defintion:

http://gvc03c19.virtualclassroom.org/people/index.htm

http://www.gettherhythm.com/r/rasputina/no_17dee.html

no i didn't spell it wrong. look at the links i provided. the song lyrics are not in any way relative to birds.

Answer 1

I think it's a nonsense word made up to rhyme with "aliens." Rasputina takes a lot of liberties with language, I would say.

Answer 2

gralline? grallic
Of or pertaining to the Grallæ or wading birds.

Gral´lae
n. pl. 1. (Zool.) 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.

Grallatores is an order of birds. They are generally wading-birds and frequent the banks of streams and marshes. They have long legs and a long beak.

Answer 3

I am not familiar with this word. Is the spelling correct.?? The best definition that would fit, would be in relation to the Holy Grail. Here's a website that may be of help:
http://www.musik.uu.se/ssm/stmonline/vol_2_1/Sorin.pdf

Answer 4

Think you may have spelt it wrong there Dijon. Were you thinking more along the lines of 'Grallae'; which is one of the titles given to the types of birds that are the 'waders' of the bunch.

Answer 5

Doesn't make any sense to me.
Could it mean "people looking for the Holy Grail"?
Not in those lyrics though...

Answer 6

I do not believe that this is a word that belongs to our English language.