fossorial

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Adjective

fossorial

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.

Related terms

• fossorialism
• fossorious

Translations

• French: fouisseur, fouisseuse

Noun

fossorial (plural fossorials)

1. Any digging animal (such as a mole)

Translations

• French: fouisseur

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