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ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: -fossor-, *fossor*
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WordNet (3.0)
fossorial(adj) (of limbs and feet) adapted for digging, Ant. cursorial
fossorial foot(n) foot adapted for digging as in moles
fossorial mammal(n) a burrowing mammal having limbs adapted for digging

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Fossores

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. fossor&unr_; digger, fr. fodere to dig. ] (Zool.) A group of hymenopterous insects including the sand wasps. They excavate cells in earth, where they deposit their eggs, with the bodies of other insects for the food of the young when hatched. [ Written also Fossoria. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Fossoria

‖n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) See Fossores. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fossorial

a. [ L. fossor a digger. ] Fitted for digging, adapted for burrowing or digging; as, a fossorial foot; a fossorial animal. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fossorious

a. (Zool.) Adapted for digging; -- said of the legs of certain insects. [ 1913 Webster ]

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