fossorious

English

Etymology

From Latin fodere (“to dig”).

Adjective

fossorious (not comparable)

  1. (said of the legs of certain insects) Adapted for digging.

References
  • fossorious in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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