Fossoriality

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The condition of being fossorial uncountable

    "Comparisons of forelimb morphologies associated with fossoriality within Cryptotis [9 ] to those among shrews in the African subfamily Myosoricinae showed strongly convergent adaptions^([sic]) of the forelimb in the two groups [33 ]."

Example

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"Comparisons of forelimb morphologies associated with fossoriality within Cryptotis [9 ] to those among shrews in the African subfamily Myosoricinae showed strongly convergent adaptions^([sic]) of the forelimb in the two groups [33 ]."

Etymology

From fossorial + -ity.

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