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Definition of Fossorial
1. Adjective. (of limbs and feet) adapted for digging.
Definition of Fossorial
1. a. Fitted for digging, adapted for burrowing or digging; as, a fossorial foot; a fossorial animal.
Definition of Fossorial
1. Adjective. Of, pertaining to, or adapted for digging or burrowing. ¹
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Definition of Fossorial
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fossorial
Literary usage of Fossorial
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cambridge Natural History by Arthur Everett Shipley, Sidney Frederic Harmer (1899)
"... fold along the middle ; hairs of body not plumose. Only two forms (male and
female) of each species. fossorial Hymenoptera are distinguished from other ..."
2. Catalogueby Colorado State Library, Washburn Observatory, Manton Free Library, Exeter, R.I. Manton Free Library, Woodman Astronomical Library, Exeter (R.I.) by Colorado State Library, Washburn Observatory, Manton Free Library, Exeter, R.I. Manton Free Library, Woodman Astronomical Library, Exeter (R.I.) (1884)
"... fossorial Crickets. (In Peabody Acad. of Science. Sculpteur, Le. Gasparin,
Comtesse de. (In her Mem. v. i) 1869 С 1523 SCULPTORS. ..."
3. Organic Evolution by Richard Swann Lull (1917)
"CHAPTER XIX CURSORIAL AND fossorial ADAPTATION CURSORIAL ADAPTATION We have
already discussed various means whereby creatures compete with each other for ..."
4. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington by Entomological Society of Washington (1896)
"Mr. Ashmead replied that many fossorial insects do not have fossorial legs. ...
The spines on the tarsi are obviously for fossorial purposes. ..."
5. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1903)
"Such forms are completely fossorial. On the other hand the procuring of food
above ground and the use of the burrow merely as a safe place in which to live ..."
6. The Nature of Man: Studies in Optimistic Philosophy by ll'ia [ll'ich] Mechnikov, Elie Metchnikoff, Peter Chalmers Mitchell (1905)
"... of vanilla—The part played by insects in the fertilisation of orchids—Mechanism
by which insects carry the pollen of orchids—Habits of fossorial ..."
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