fossorial
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin fossōrius (“adapted for digging or delving”), from fodiō (“dig”).
Adjective[edit]
fossorial (comparative more fossorial, superlative most fossorial)
- (zoology) Of, pertaining to, or adapted for digging or burrowing.
- 2006, Kenneth D. Rose, The Beginning of the Age of Mammals, Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN:
- The most specialized fossorial mammals (moles, marsupial mole) are subterranean, seeking food and shelter underground and rarely coming to the surface.
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
of, pertaining to, or adapted for digging or burrowing
See also[edit]
Noun[edit]
fossorial (plural fossorials)