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fossorial en · ADJ

Etymology

From Latin fossōrius (“adapted for digging or delving”), from fodiō (“dig”).

Meanings

  1. Of, pertaining to, or adapted for digging or burrowing.
    • The most specialized fossorial mammals (moles, marsupial mole) are subterranean, seeking food and shelter underground and rarely coming to the surface. 2006, Kenneth D. Rose, The Beginning of the Age of Mammals, Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN:

Forms

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most fossorial Degree=Sup lexicographic
more fossorial Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

nonfossorial · fossorially · fossoriality · fossorialization

Relateds

gressorial · saltatorial · fossorialism · fossorious · ambulatorial · raptorial · semifossorial · cursorial · scansorial · natatorial

Translations (15)

es fosorial (of, pertaining to, or adapted for digging or burrowing) · bg риещ (of, pertaining to, or adapted for digging or burrowing) · pt fossório (of, pertaining to, or adapted for digging or burrowing) · cy cloddiol (of, pertaining to, or adapted for digging or burrowing) · pl grzebiący (of, pertaining to, or adapted for digging or burrowing) · cy turiol (of, pertaining to, or adapted for digging or burrowing) · fr fouisseuse (of, pertaining to, or adapted for digging or burrowing) · ja 掘削性 (of, pertaining to, or adapted for digging or burrowing) · fr fouisseur (of, pertaining to, or adapted for digging or burrowing) · vi động vật ở hang (of, pertaining to, or adapted for digging or burrowing) · cmn 掘土的 (of, pertaining to, or adapted for digging or burrowing) · fa دالانساز (of, pertaining to, or adapted for digging or burrowing) · pt fossorial (of, pertaining to, or adapted for digging or burrowing) · he מתחפרים (of, pertaining to, or adapted for digging or burrowing) · bg ровещ (of, pertaining to, or adapted for digging or burrowing)

wikipedia: European mole · wikipedia: Mole cricket

fossorial en · NOUN

Etymology

From Latin fossōrius (“adapted for digging or delving”), from fodiō (“dig”).

Meanings

  1. Any digging animal (such as a mole)

Forms

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fossorials Number=Plur lexicographic

Translations (2)

pl zwierzę grzebiące (digging animal) · fr fouisseur (digging animal)

wikipedia: European mole · wikipedia: Mole cricket