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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesfouisseur
Pronunciation / Transliteration: fwi.sœʁ
"Le blaireau est un fouisseur nocturne."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
An animal that digs underground holes or tunnels for habitation, shelter, or foraging.
"The rabbit is a well-known burrower that creates complex underground warrens." - 2
A person or thing that digs or penetrates deeply into something.
"Archival researchers can be thorough burrowers when searching for forgotten historical manuscripts."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the verb 'burrow', which originates from Middle English 'borou', meaning a hole made by an animal, ultimately tracing back to Old Germanic roots related to hiding or protecting. The agent suffix '-er' was added in the late Middle English period to designate an organism or entity that creates underground tunnels.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Burrower" is said worldwide
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fouisseur
Transliteration: fwi.sœʁ
"Le blaireau est un fouisseur nocturne."
Gräber
Transliteration: ˈɡʁɛːbɐ
"Viele kleine Säugetiere sind geschickte Gräber."
scavatore
Transliteration: ska.vaˈto.re
"Il tasso è un tipico animale scavatore."
excavador
Transliteration: eks.ka.βaˈðoɾ
"El topo es un pequeño mamífero excavador."
escavador
Transliteration: es.ka.vaˈdoɾ
"O tatu é um conhecido animal escavador."
बिल खोदने वाला
Transliteration: bil khodne wala
"खरगोश एक बिल खोदने वाला प्राणी है।"
穴居动物
Transliteration: xué jū dòng wù
"兔子是一种常见的穴居动物。"
굴파는 동물
Transliteration: gul-pa-neun dong-mul
"두더지는 땅속에 사는 대표적인 굴파는 동물이다."
穴掘り動物
Transliteration: anahori dōbutsu
"ウサギは土を掘る習性を持つ穴掘り動物です。"
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