Meanings
nounfossoriality (uncountable)
- uncountableThe condition of being fossorial
Comparisons of forelimb morphologies associated with fossoriality within Cryptotis [9 ] to those among shrews in the African subfamily Myosoricinae showed strongly convergent adaptions^([sic]) of the forelimb in the two groups [33 ].
2015 October 22, “Molecular Phylogeny Supports Repeated Adaptation to Burrowing within Small-Eared Shrews Genus of Cryptotis (Eulipotyphla, Soricidae)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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