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Definition of Rasorial
1. a. Of or pertaining to the Rasores, or gallinaceous birds, as the peacock, domestic fowl, partridge, quail, and the like.
Definition of Rasorial
1. Adjective. Scratching the ground for food, as domestic fowl or other gallinaceous birds. ¹
2. Adjective. (ornithology historical) Pertaining to the now obsolete order ''Rasores''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rasorial
1. habitually scratching the ground for food [adj]
Medical Definition of Rasorial
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Rasorial
Literary usage of Rasorial
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1840)
"notched, so as closely to resemble that of the pigeon family, which, in the
rasorial circle, appears to represent the great order of Waders. ..."
2. The Journal of Science, and Annals of Astronomy, Biology, Geology by James Samuelson, William Crookes (1882)
"animals capable of domestication belong to their so-called " rasorial type. ...
This is the grand characteristic of all rasorial types among the more ..."
3. The Journal of Science by Calcutta Asiatic Society (1882)
"animals capable of domestication belong to their so-called " rasorial type. ...
This is the grand characteristic of all rasorial types among the more ..."
4. The Canadian Journal of Industry, Science and Art by Canadian Institute (1849-1914) (1863)
"It is probable that Tetraonidae stand first among the rasorial birds, as the most
complete development of the type ; Cracidae, with their arboreal habits, ..."
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