fossorial

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• rhymes with -ɔːɹiəl
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From Latin fossōrius (“adapted for digging or delving”), from fodiō (“dig”).

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: риещ (riešt) — of, pertaining to, or adapted for digging or burrowing
• Bulgarian: ровещ (rovešt) — of, pertaining to, or adapted for digging or burrowing
• Chinese Mandarin: 掘土的 (juétǔ de) — of, pertaining to, or adapted for digging or burrowing
• French: fouisseur — of, pertaining to, or adapted for digging or burrowing
• French: fouisseuse — of, pertaining to, or adapted for digging or burrowing
• Hebrew: מתחפרים (mitchafrim) — of, pertaining to, or adapted for digging or burrowing
• Japanese: 掘削性 (kussakusei) — of, pertaining to, or adapted for digging or burrowing
• Persian: دالانساز (dalansaz) — of, pertaining to, or adapted for digging or burrowing
• Portuguese: fossorial — of, pertaining to, or adapted for digging or burrowing
• Portuguese: fossório — of, pertaining to, or adapted for digging or burrowing
• Spanish: fosorial — of, pertaining to, or adapted for digging or burrowing
• Vietnamese: động vật ở hang — of, pertaining to, or adapted for digging or burrowing
• Welsh: turiol — of, pertaining to, or adapted for digging or burrowing
• Welsh: cloddiol — of, pertaining to, or adapted for digging or burrowing
• French: fouisseur — digging animal