burrow
noun
a hole or tunnel in the ground made by a rabbit, fox, or similar animal to live or hide in.
burrower
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a word derived from
burrow.
Example Sentences
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Its small, flat, triangular cerebellum, for instance, indicates it was likely an adept burrower, but other features imply that it didn’t spend its entire life underground, the researchers report today in Science Advances.
From Science Magazine ● Sep. 26, 2023
“I'm more of a much burrower and just push narrowly, straight ahead.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2015
An interesting four-footed burrower, when he can't rob a prairie-dog of his hole—or some other body smaller than himself—is the coyote.
From The Adventures of a Grain of Dust by Hallam Hawksworth
Ornate box turtles, like nearly all other turtles, excavate nests; T. ornata is a burrower, at least for purposes of hibernation.
From Natural History of the Ornate Box Turtle, Terrapene ornata ornata Agassiz by John M. Legler
That deadly clutch tore up some grass-roots and some fresh earth, but just failed to reach the diligent burrower.
From The Haunters of the Silences A Book of Animal Life by Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts
