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fossorious

fossorious adjective: adapted for digging.

Adjective

fossorious (not comparable)

  1. Adapted for digging.

Origin of fossorious

From Latin fodere (“to dig”).

Questions about fossorious

What does fossorious mean?
Fossorious means adapted for digging.
What part of speech is fossorious?
Fossorious is an adjective.

Words near fossorious in the dictionary

  1. fossorialism
  2. fossoriality
  3. fossorialization
  4. fossorially
  5. fossorials
  6. fossorious
  7. fossors
  8. fossula
  9. fossulae
  10. fossulate
  11. fossulæ

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