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Fossorial foreleg of Mole cricket

Skeleton of European mole, showing fossorial adaptions of forelegs

Adjective

fossorial ‎(comparative more fossorial, superlative most fossorial)

1. Of, pertaining to, or adapted for digging or burrowing.

   The most specialized fossorial mammals (moles, marsupial mole) are subterranean, seeking food and shelter underground and rarely coming to the surface.^[1]

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• fossorious

Noun

fossorial ‎(plural fossorials)

1. Any digging animal (such as a mole)

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References

1. ↑ Rose,Kenneth D. The Beginning of the Age of Mammals. isbn=978-0-8018-9221-9 2009