rasorial

/ruh-sawr-ee-uhl/US // rəˈsɔr i əl //UK // (rəˈsɔːrɪəl) //

纪念碑,纪念品,纪念馆,纪念册

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : given to scratching the ground for food, as is the habit of chickens and other gallinaceous birds.
- : pertaining to a bird's foot adapted for scratching.

For want of a better term, we must call this the Rasorial type, as it corresponds to that Ornithological group.
There is the same need for a substitute for rasorial, which is only applicable to birds.
Two pigeons and four species of quail are all the rasorial birds in the island; the true gallinaceous birds being wholly wanting.
The dry leaves of the woods are turned over with their feet, for they are somewhat rasorial in their habits.