RASORIAL

Etymology

Adjective

rasorial (comparative more rasorial, superlative most rasorial)

Scratching the ground for food, as domestic fowl or other gallinaceous birds.

(ornithology, historical) Pertaining to the now obsolete order Rasores.

Anagrams

• Arriolas

Source: Wiktionary


Ra*so"ri*al, a. (Zoöl.)

Definition: Of or pertaining to the Rasores, or gallinaceous birds, as the peacock, domestic fowl, patridge, and the like.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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