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Fossores
Fossores Fos*so"res, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. fossor? digger, fr. fodere to dig.] (Zo["o]l.) A group of hymenopterous insects including the sand wasps. They excavate cells in earth, where they deposit their eggs, with the bodies of other insects for the food of the young when hatched. [Written also Fossoria.]
Fossoria
Fossoria Fos*so"ri*a, n. pl. [NL.] (Zo["o]l.) See Fossores.
Fossoria
Fossores Fos*so"res, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. fossor? digger, fr. fodere to dig.] (Zo["o]l.) A group of hymenopterous insects including the sand wasps. They excavate cells in earth, where they deposit their eggs, with the bodies of other insects for the food of the young when hatched. [Written also Fossoria.]
Fossorial
Fossorial Fos*so"ri*al, a. [L. fossor a digger.] Fitted for digging, adapted for burrowing or digging; as, a fossorial foot; a fossorial animal.
Fossorious
Fossorious Fos*so"ri*ous, a. (Zo["o]l.) Adapted for digging; -- said of the legs of certain insects.

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- attached. The inscription reads: DIOGENES FOSSOR, IN PACE DEPOSITVS, OCTABV KALENDAS OCTOBRIS ("the fossor Diogenes, interred in peace, the eighth day...
- Donax fossor is a species of small sal****er clam, a marine bivalve mollusc species in the family Donacidae. This species is native to the eastern coast...
- Free and open-source software (FOSS) is software available under a license that grants users the right to use, modify, and distribute the software – modified...
- A foss is a waterfall. Foss or FOSS may further refer to: Foss A/S, a Danish analytical instrument company Foss Brewery, a former brewery in Oslo, Norway...
- Clivina fossor is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily Scaritinae. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. "Clivina fossor (Linnaeus, 1758)"...
- Ceuthophilus fossor is a species of camel cricket in the family Rhaphidophoridae. It lives in North America. "Ceuthophilus fossor Report". Integrated Taxonomic...
- Anilios fossor, also known as the miner blind snake, is a species of blind snake that is endemic to Australia. The specific epithet fossor (“digger”) refers...
- Fossor was Prior of Durham from 1341 until his death in 1374. Fossor became Prior of Durham in 1341. The two seals of Fossor cost 8d. In 1342 Fossor criticized...
- Foss is a surname of Scandinavian origin[citation needed]. Foss may refer to: Aage Foss (1885–1952), Danish film actor Ambrose Foss (c. 1803–1862), Australian...
- services in cattle pastures. Teuchestes fossor was formerly a member of the genus Aphodius. Teuchestes fossor is a highly convex beetle measuring between...