Fossorialization

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Noun
  1. 1
    modification to become fossorial uncountable

    "In the current study, we demonstrate that fossorialization can evolve repeatedly even within a single genus and at a relatively shallow time scale."

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"In the current study, we demonstrate that fossorialization can evolve repeatedly even within a single genus and at a relatively shallow time scale."

Etymology

From fossorial + -ization.

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