rasores

pl. [Latin rado (pa. t. ras i )=to scrape.」 1. Ornith.: An order of Birds founded by Illiger, with two sub-orders, (1) Columbacei and (2) Gall in ace i (q.v.). They are now made orders of Carinate Birds; the former (Columbe) including the Pigeons, and the latter (Galline), with eight families: Cracidæ, Opisthocomidæ, Phasianide, Meleagride, Tetraonidæ, Pteroclide, Turn i cide, and Megapod ide. 2. Palæont .: They commenced apparently in the Eocene Tertiary.