English Explanatory Dictionary

fossorial

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of, pertaining to, or adapted for digging or burrowing.
noun
  1. Any digging animal (such as a mole)

Word forms

fossorial more fossorial most fossorial fossorials

Etymology

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

Related words

fossorialism fossorious semifossorial ambulatorial cursorial gressorial natatorial raptorial saltatorial scansorial

Derived words

fossoriality fossorialization fossorially nonfossorial
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