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Rasores

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Ra-so′res

(rȧ-zō′rēz)
,
Noun.
pl.
[NL., fr. L.
radere
,
rasum
, to scratch. See
Rase
,
Verb.
T.
]
(Zool.)
An order of birds; the Gallinae.
☞ Formerly, the word
Rasores
was used in a wider sense, so as to include other birds now widely separated in classification.

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