fossoriality

Etymology

From fossorial + -ity.

fossoriality means the condition of being fossorial. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 82 out of 100.

noun

The 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 ].”