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fos·so·ri·al  audio  (f-sôr-l, -sr-) KEY 

ADJECTIVE:
Zoology
Adapted for or used in burrowing or digging: the fossorial forefeet of a mole.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Late Latin fossrius, from Latin fossus, past participle of fodere, to dig


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