burrowern.
/ˈbʌrəʊə/, U.S. /ˈbərəwər/ An animal or person that burrows. (literal and figurative.)
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the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > research > [noun] > one who carries out
delverc888
trier1547
scrutinist1669
brain-picker1810
seeker after truth1840
burrower1854
researcher1883
researchist1901
the world > animals > by habitat > [noun] > terrestrial animal > on or under the ground > that burrows
digger1585
minerc1614
tunnelist1799
burrower1854
fossorial1855
tunneller1860
fodient1879
1854 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca ii. 241 The boring shell-fish have been distinguished from the mere burrowers.
1862 London Rev. & Weekly Jrnl. 16 Aug. 142 The shrewdest burrower after facts.
1874 J. Lubbock Orig. & Metamorphoses Insects ii. 29 The larvæ of Sirex being wood-burrowers.
1883 G. Allen in Knowledge 22 June 367/2 [Shrews and moles] are..most of them burrowers.
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n.1854- to take up for hawks' meat
- to take up house
- to take up in
- to take up in trust
- to take up one's indentures
- to take up one's inn
- to take up one's inns
- to take up one's livery
- to take up one's parable
- to take up one's pen
- to take up one's quarters
- to take up one's residence
- to take up one's station
- to take up parable
- to take up residence
- to take up roost
- to take up savings
- to take up short
- to take up station
- to take up the ball
- to take up the bucklers
- to take up the cudgels
- to take up the gauntlet
- to take up the hatchet
- to take up the running