fossorialization

noun

modification to become fossorial

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Meanings

nounfossorialization (uncountable)
  1. uncountablemodification to become fossorial

    In the current study, we demonstrate that fossorialization can evolve repeatedly even within a single genus and at a relatively shallow time scale.

    2015 October 22, “Molecular Phylogeny Supports Repeated Adaptation to Burrowing within Small-Eared Shrews Genus of Cryptotis (Eulipotyphla, Soricidae)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From fossorial + -ization.

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fossorialization. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fossorialization

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“fossorialization.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fossorialization. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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