fossorial
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin fossōrius (“adapted for digging or delving”), from fodiō (“dig”).
Adjective
editfossorial (comparative more fossorial, superlative most fossorial)
- (zoology) Of, pertaining to, or adapted for digging or burrowing.
- 2006, Kenneth D. Rose, The Beginning of the Age of Mammals, Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN:
- The most specialized fossorial mammals (moles, marsupial mole) are subterranean, seeking food and shelter underground and rarely coming to the surface.
Related terms
editTranslations
editof, pertaining to, or adapted for digging or burrowing
See also
editNoun
editfossorial (plural fossorials)