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fossorial

Adjective

fos=so=ri=al

WORDNET DICTIONARY

fossorial(a = adj.all) Array - (of limbs and feet) adapted for digging; Array

fossorial, a. [L. fossor a digger.].

Fitted for digging, adapted for burrowing or digging; as, a fossorial foot; a fossorial animal. [1913 Webster]

fossorial, adj.
1 (of animals) burrowing.
2 (of limbs etc.) used in burrowing.

Etymology

med.L fossorius f. fossor digger (as FOSSIL)

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