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earth-stopping

earth-stopping noun: the act of blocking a fox's earth (burrow) while it is absent, so it is forced to stay above ground.

earth-stopping: the act of blocking a fox's earth (burrow) while it is absent, so it is forced to stay above ground
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Noun

earth-stopping (uncountable)

  1. The act of blocking a fox's earth (burrow) while it is absent, so it is forced to stay above ground.

Questions about earth-stopping

What does earth-stopping mean?
Earth-stopping means the act of blocking a fox's earth (burrow) while it is absent, so it is forced to stay above ground.
What part of speech is earth-stopping?
Earth-stopping is a noun.

Words near earth-stopping in the dictionary

  1. earth-ships
  2. earth-side
  3. Earth-sized
  4. earth-stopper
  5. earth-stoppers
  6. earth-stopping
  7. earth-tilth
  8. earth-tone
  9. earth-toned
  10. earth-tongue
  11. earth-tongues

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