How to pronounce fossorial
American English pronunciation
fah-SOR-ee-ul
- IPA
- /fɑˈsɔɹi.əl/
- Syllables
- fah · SOR · ee · ul (4 syllables, stress on the 2nd)
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What fossorial means
Built for digging and living underground, as moles are
In a sentence: With its big, flat claws, the mole is a fossorial animal.
Where it comes from: It comes from the Latin fossorius, made for digging, from a word meaning to dig.
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