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fossorial definition

fos·so·rial (fä sôr′ē əl)

adjective

digging or adapted for digging; burrowing fossorial claws

Etymology: < LL fossorius < L fossor, digger < fossus (see fossil) + -al

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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