borrower

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Instead of beginning as small burrowers, the evidence from Najash pointed to ancestors of modern snakes that were larger-bodied animals with wide mouths.

From Science Daily • Apr. 24, 2026

And they’re even burrowers, used to moving through granular material.

From Slate • Mar. 8, 2024

Though specific features will vary by species, many earthworms are excellent burrowers, and can bend with ease.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2023

The busy burrowers had made their homes in the muddy dead zone, implying that these animals had survived the end-Permian catastrophe.

From Scientific American • Jul. 6, 2022

Of all these small burrowers, the voracious shrews find and consume the largest number of sawfly cocoons.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson