Meanings
adjectiverasorial (comparative more rasorial, superlative most rasorial)
comparative more rasorial · superlative most rasorial
- Scratching the ground for food, as domestic fowl or other gallinaceous birds.
- historicalbiologyPertaining to the now obsolete order Rasores.
Origin
From Rasores, the obsolete taxonomic order of birds including chickens and other poultry, and + -ial.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
French grattage du sol, grattage
- grattage du solscratching the ground for food, as domestic fowl or other gallinaceous birds
- grattagescratching the ground for food, as domestic fowl or other gallinaceous birds
German scharrend
- scharrendscratching the ground for food, as domestic fowl or other gallinaceous birds
Russian разгребающий
- разгребающий (razgrebajuščij)scratching the ground for food, as domestic fowl or other gallinaceous birds
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with rasorial
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All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
rasorial. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rasorial
MLA
“rasorial.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rasorial. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rasorial,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rasorial.
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