Search:burrow -> BURROW
burrow
b u r r o w hex:#98;#117;#114;#114;#111;#119;
The Salt of the World?
- Burrow - n. - An incorporated town. See 1st Borough.
- Burrow - n. - A shelter; esp. a hole in the ground made by certain animals, as rabbits, for shelter and habitation.
- Burrow - n. - A heap or heaps of rubbish or refuse.
- Burrow - n. - A mound. See 3d Barrow, and Camp, n., 5.
- Burrow - v. i. - To excavate a hole to lodge in, as in the earth; to lodge in a hole excavated in the earth, as conies or rabbits.
- Burrow - v. i. - To lodge, or take refuge, in any deep or concealed place; to hide.
- Burrowed - imp. & p. p. - of Burrow
- Burrower - n. - One who, or that which, burrows; an animal that makes a hole under ground and lives in it.
- Burrowing - p. pr. & vb. n. - of Burrow
- Saxicavous - a. - Boring, or hollowing out, rocks; -- said of certain mollusks which live in holes which they burrow in rocks. See Illust. of Lithodomus.
- Tumbledung - n. - Any one of numerous species of scaraboid beetles belonging to Scarabaeus, Copris, Phanaeus, and allied genera. The female lays her eggs in a globular mass of dung which she rolls by means of her hind legs to a burrow excavated in the earth in which she buries it.
- Camp - n. - A mound of earth in which potatoes and other vegetables are stored for protection against frost; -- called also burrow and pie.
- Scolithus - n. - A tubular structure found in Potsdam sandstone, and believed to be the fossil burrow of a marine worm.
- Hippe - n. - A genus of marine decapod crustaceans, which burrow rapidly in the sand by pushing themselves backward; -- called also bait bug. See Illust. under Anomura.
- Natica - n. - Any one of numerous species of marine gastropods belonging to Natica, Lunatia, Neverita, and other allied genera (family Naticidae.) They burrow beneath the sand, or mud, and drill other shells.
- Mine - v. i. - To form subterraneous tunnel or hole; to form a burrow or lodge in the earth; as, the mining cony.
- Armadillo - n. - Any edentate animal if the family Dasypidae, peculiar to America. The body and head are incased in an armor composed of small bony plates. The armadillos burrow in the earth, seldom going abroad except at night. When attacked, they curl up into a ball, presenting the armor on all sides. Their flesh is good food. There are several species, one of which (the peba) is found as far north as Texas. See Peba, Poyou, Tatouay.
- Earth - v. t. - To hide, or cause to hide, in the earth; to chase into a burrow or den.
- Wormhole - n. - A burrow made by a worm.
- Shipworm - n. - Any long, slender, worm-shaped bivalve mollusk of Teredo and allied genera. The shipworms burrow in wood, and are destructive to wooden ships, piles of wharves, etc. See Teredo.
- Sandworm - n. - Any one of numerous species of annelids which burrow in the sand of the seashore.
strongscsv:description
- H2661 חֲפֹר - 2661 חֲפֹר - חֲפֹר - - chăphôr - khaf-ore' - from חָפַר; a hole; only in connection with פֵּרָה, which ought rather to be joined as one word, thus חַפַרְפֵּרָה; by reduplication from חָפַר; a burrower, i.e. probably a rat; [phrase] mole. - Noun Feminine - heb
- G3736 ὀρύσσω - 3736 ὀρύσσω - ὈΡΎΣΣΩ - - orýssō - or-oos'-so - apparently a primary verb; to "burrow" in the ground, i.e. dig:--dig. - Verb - greek
- G5454 φωλεός - 5454 φωλεός - ΦΩΛΕΌΣ - - phōleós - fo-leh-os' - of uncertain derivative; a burrow or lurking-place:--hole. - Noun Masculine - greek
- H7776 שׁוּעָל - 7776 שׁוּעָל - שׁוּעָל - - shûwʻâl - shoo-awl' - or שֻׁעָל; from the same as שֹׁעַל; a jackal (as a burrower); fox. - Noun Masculine - heb