The most specialized fossorial mammals (moles, marsupial mole) are subterranean, seeking food and shelter underground and rarely coming to the surface.
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Fossorial
Synonyms for "fossorial" (7 found)
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Adjective(2 words)
burrowingburrowing behavior
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Adjective(2 words)
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Noun(1 words)
Adjective(2 words)
subterraneanunderground lifestyle
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3 entriesanatomical adaptationburrowing adaptationecological strategy
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5 entriesCollocations
6 entriesfossorial adaptationfossorial behaviorfossorial dentitionfossorial forelimbsfossorial lifestylefossorial mammal
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2 entriesmore fossorialmost fossorial
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