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rasores

rasores


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rasores  \Ra*so`res\,  n.  pl  [{NL}.,  fr  L.  radere  rasum,  to 
  scratch.  See  {Rase},  v.  t.]  (Zo["o]l.) 
  An  order  of  birds;  the  Gallin[ae]. 
 
  Note:  Formely,  the  word  {Rasores}  was  used  in  a  wider  sense 
  so  as  to  include  other  birds  now  widely  separated  in 
  classification. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Gallinae  \Gal*li"nae\,  n.;  pl  [NL.,  fr  L.  gallina  a  hen, 
  gallus  a  cock.]  (Zo["o]l.) 
  An  order  of  birds,  including  the  common  domestic  fowls, 
  pheasants,  grouse,  quails,  and  allied  forms;  --  sometimes 
  called  {{Rasores}}.