fossorial mammal

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   a burrowing mammal having limbs adapted for digging

   Broadermammal

   Narrowernaked mole ratDamaraland mole rat

Questions about fossorial mammal

What does fossorial mammal mean?

fossorial mammal means "a burrowing mammal having limbs adapted for digging".

Is fossorial mammal a common word?

fossorial mammal is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.