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fossoriality

fossoriality noun: the condition of being fossorial.

Noun

fossoriality (uncountable)

  1. The condition of being fossorial
    • 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 ].2015 October 22, “Molecular Phylogeny Supports Repeated Adaptation to Burrowing within Small-Eared Shrews Genus of Cryptotis (Eulipotyphla, Soricidae)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of fossoriality

From fossorial + -ity.

Questions about fossoriality

What does fossoriality mean?
Fossoriality means the condition of being fossorial.
What part of speech is fossoriality?
Fossoriality is a noun.

Words near fossoriality in the dictionary

  1. Fossions
  2. Fossler
  3. fossor
  4. fossorial
  5. fossorialism
  6. fossoriality
  7. fossorialization
  8. fossorially
  9. fossorials
  10. fossorious
  11. fossors

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