Defn: A registrar or recorder; a notary. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
GREGAL
Gre"gal, a. Etym: [L. gregalis, fr. grex, gregis, herd.]
Defn: Pertaining to, or like, a flock.
For this gregal conformity there is an excuse. W. S. Mayo.
GREGARIAN
Gre*ga"ri*an, a.
Defn: Gregarious; belonging to the herd or common sort; common.
[Obs.] "The gregarian soldiers." Howell.
GREGARINE; GREGARINAE Greg`a*ri"nae, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gregarina the typical genus, fr. L. gregarius. See Gregarious.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: An order of Protozoa, allied to the Rhizopoda, and parasitic in other animals, as in the earthworm, lobster, etc. When adult, they have a small, wormlike body inclosing a nucleus, but without external organs; in one of the young stages, they are amoebiform; — called also Gregarinida, and Gregarinaria.
GREGARINE
Greg"a*rine, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the Gregarinæ.
— n.
Defn: One of the Gregarinæ.