fossor
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of fossor
1850–55; < Latin: digger ( Late Latin: gravedigger), equivalent to fod ( ere ) to dig + -tor -tor, with dt > ss
Example Sentences
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"Out with your lights!" exclaimed, in a muffled tone, Hilarus, the fossor.
From Valeria The Martyr of the Catacombs by Withrow, William Henry
He had carefully noted the distance he had come since leaving the mouth of the passage along which Severus and the fossor, he was now satisfied, had proceeded.
From Jovinian A Story of the Early Days of Papal Rome by Kingston, William Henry Giles
He was surprised that Severus and the fossor had not come to look for him, feeling confident that he was following the gallery they had taken.
From Jovinian A Story of the Early Days of Papal Rome by Kingston, William Henry Giles
Eight specimens from Oak Spring are intergrades between fossor and ocius.
From The Pocket Gophers (Genus Thomomys) of Utah, Vol. 1 No. 1 Kansas University Publications. by Durrant, Stephen D.
Additional specimens may reveal characters that will merit the separation of the Utah animals from typical fossor; a desertlike area unfavorable to Thomomys exists between the type locality and eastern Utah.
From The Pocket Gophers (Genus Thomomys) of Utah, Vol. 1 No. 1 Kansas University Publications. by Durrant, Stephen D.
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