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rasorial

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ra⋅so⋅ri⋅al

  [ruh-sawr-ee-uhl, -sohr-]
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–adjective
1. given to scratching the ground for food, as chickens; gallinaceous.
2. pertaining to a bird's foot adapted for scratching.
Origin:
1830–40; < NL Rasor(es) former name of the order, LL rāsorēs, pl. of rāsor scratcher (L rād(ere) to scrape, scratch + -tor -tor, with dt > s; cf. raze ) + -ial
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ra·so·ri·al   (rə-zôr'ē-əl, -zōr'-, -sôr'-, -sōr'-)   
adj.  Characteristically scratching the ground for food. Used of chickens and similar birds.

[From Late Latin rāsor, scraper, from Latin rāsus, past participle of rādere, to scrape; see rēd- in Indo-European roots.]
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