fossorial
IPA: fˈɑsˈɔriʌɫ
noun
- (zoology) Any digging animal (such as a mole)
adjective
- (zoology) Of, pertaining to, or adapted for digging or burrowing.
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Examples of "fossorial" in Sentences
- Fossorial and shiny black in color.
- These snakes are nocturnal and fossorial.
- It may have been somewhat fossorial in nature.
- A fossorial habitat encourages the loss of limbs and eyes.
- It is a fossorial insect endemic to the Florida sand ridge.
- Its morphology suggests that it was not arboreal or fossorial.
- Terrestrial, arboreal, and fossorial members of this family exist.
- Its limbs are somewhat short, but not adapted for fossorial movement.
- All are fossorial and adapted to burrowing, feeding on ants and termites.
- Its limbs are greatly reduced as an adaptation to this fossorial movement.