fossorial

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   adapted for digging or for living chiefly underground

   The mole's broad forefeet are fossorial limbs specialized for tunnelling.

From Medieval Latin fossorius ("used for digging"), from Latin fossor ("digger"), from fodere ("to dig"). Zoology applies it to limbs, body forms, and animals specialized for excavation or underground life.

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