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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
fossorial /fɒˈsɔːrɪəl/

▶adjective Zoology (of an animal) burrowing.

■ (of limbs) adapted for use in burrowing.

– origin C19: from med. L. fossorius (from L. fossor ‘digger’) + -al.

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