Definition of: fossorial

(fo·sôr′ē·əl, -sō′rē-) adjective
1. Digging; burrowing: a fossorial animal.
2. Adapted for or used in digging in the earth, as the legs and other organs of the moles, armadillos, etc. [<LL fossorius <L fodire dig]

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fossorial snakes
fossorial giant
small fossorial
fossorial lifestyle
fossorial muroids
fossorial spiny
fossorial frog
bishop s fossorial
fossorial rodents
highly fossorial
fossorial digging
fossorial snake
also fossorial

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