burrower
3
3.7
- noun
- /ˈbɜːroʊər/
:
excavador
- The fox is a skilled burrower, creating a safe home beneath the earth.
- burrower tribe
Examples
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With the gradual drying of the Australian climate during the Pleistocene, wombats evolved into burrowers.
Academic text (1995) -
Rabbits are known as burrowers because they dig extensive tunnels underground for shelter.
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But Len, like all burrowers, could dig himself quite deep beneath the surface.
Fiction book (2002) -
He'd caught a burrower for his supper, and its lingering taste was still sharp.
Fiction book (2000) -
Tell them raccoons are natural burrowers and have them push into the ducting.
Fiction book (1996) -
Some are burrowers; others are terrestrial or arboreal.
Academic text (2006) -
Many desert animals are burrowers, using their tunnels to escape the heat.
Synonyms
16
2.8
A person who digs holes or trenches as their job
An animal that digs tunnels underground for shelter or food
Antonyms
How Burrowing
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Burrower comes from burrow (an old word for a 'hole' or 'shelter') plus -er meaning 'one who does something', so a burrower is literally an animal or person who digs tunnels and lives under the ground, like a mole creating a hidden home.