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Look up: fossorial

  1. Fossorial
    Modified for digging; in the habit of digging or burrowing.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib

  2. fossorial
    [adj] - (of limbs and feet) adapted for digging
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. Fossorial
    A reference to an underground lifestyle such as that lead by moles.
    Found on http://www.nhm.ac.uk/hosted_sites/pe/200

  4. Fossorial
    Fos·so'ri·al adjective [ Latin fossor a digger.] Fitted for digging, adapted for burrowing or digging; as, a fossorial foot; a fossorial animal.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/68

  5. fossorial
    adjective (of limbs and feet) adapted for digging
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  6. Fossorial
    • (a.) Fitted for digging, adapted for burrowing or digging; as, a fossorial foot; a fossorial animal.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  7. fossorial
    fossorial 1. A description of animals that have large forelimbs or other special modifications for digging and burrowing. 2. A reference to the parts of an animal body used for this purpose. 3. Adapted for or used in burrowing or digging; such as, the fossorial forefeet of a mole.
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  8. Fossorial
    burrowing. An animal that spends most of it s time in underground burrows or burrowing.
    Found on http://www.kingsnake.com/articles/Glossa

  9. fossorial
    Describes animals that burrow
    Found on http://www.coastalplainsreptiles.com/glo

  10. fossorial
    It burrows or digs.
    Found on http://animal-world.com/encyclo/reptiles

  11. Fossorial
    A `fossorial` organism is one that is adapted to digging and life underground such as the badger, the naked mole rat, and the mole salamanders Ambystomatidae. It is an adjective most commonly used to describe the habit of living underground, even if the physical adaptations are minimal - thus, most ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossorial



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