Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In entomology, same as
fossorial .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Adapted for digging; -- said of the legs of certain insects.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective said of the legs of certain insects Adapted for
digging
Etymologies
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From Latin fodere (to dig)
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