rasorial

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English

WOTD – 16 December 2008

Etymology

From Rasores, the obsolete taxonomic order of birds including chickens and other poultry, and +‎ -ial.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

rasorial (comparative more rasorial, superlative most rasorial)

  1. Scratching the ground for food, as domestic fowl or other gallinaceous birds.
  2. (ornithology, historical) Pertaining to the now obsolete order Rasores.

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