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English[edit]

Fossorial foreleg of Mole cricket

Skeleton of European mole, showing fossorial adaptions of forelegs
Etymology[edit]
From Latin fossōrius (“adapted for digging or delving”), from fodiō (“dig”).
Adjective[edit]
fossorial (comparative more fossorial, superlative most fossorial)
- 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.[1]
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
Of, pertaining to, or adapted for digging or burrowing
See also[edit]
Noun[edit]
fossorial (plural fossorials)
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References[edit]
- ^ Rose,Kenneth D. The Beginning of the Age of Mammals. isbn=978-0-8018-9221-9 2009