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"
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13 translations across 8 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- риещ adj (of, pertaining to, or adapted for digging or burrowing)
- ровещ adj (of, pertaining to, or adapted for digging or burrowing)
French
3 entries- fouisseur adj (of, pertaining to, or adapted for digging or burrowing)
- fouisseuse adj (of, pertaining to, or adapted for digging or burrowing)
- fouisseur noun (digging animal)
Hebrew
1 entries- מתחפרים adj (of, pertaining to, or adapted for digging or burrowing)
Persian
1 entries- دالانساز adj (of, pertaining to, or adapted for digging or burrowing)
Portuguese
2 entries- fossorial adj (of, pertaining to, or adapted for digging or burrowing)
- fossório adj (of, pertaining to, or adapted for digging or burrowing)
Spanish
1 entries- fosorial adj (of, pertaining to, or adapted for digging or burrowing)
Vietnamese
1 entries- động vật ở hang adj (of, pertaining to, or adapted for digging or burrowing)
Welsh
2 entries- cloddiol adj (of, pertaining to, or adapted for digging or burrowing)
- turiol adj (of, pertaining to, or adapted for digging or burrowing)
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