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1 burrowing
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2 burrow
burrow ['bʌrəʊ]1 nounterrier m∎ he burrowed his way underneath the prison wall il a creusé un tunnel sous le mur de la prison∎ the cat burrowed its head into my shoulder le chat a blotti sa tête contre mon épaule∎ they found earthworms burrowing through the soil ils ont trouvé des vers de terre qui creusaient des galeries dans le sol∎ I've been burrowing through the files for clues j'ai cherché ou fouillé dans les dossiers pour trouver des indices∎ she burrowed under the sheets elle s'est enfouie sous les draps -
3 TOZAN
tozan, plur. tozameh.*\TOZAN zoologie, rongeurs du genre geomys (tuza).Marie Noelle Chamoux, Les Indiens de la Sierra, 205.Mex., tuza.Angl., gopher (K),Esp., topo, animal, o rata (M).Description. Sah11,16.Est comparé dans une devinette à une vieille femme de mauvais augure qui ronge sous terre. Sah6,238.Gopher, cité comme aliment en sauce en Sah8,39.Le pocket gopher, chachahuatl lui est comparé. Sah11, 18." tozan îchân ", cueua de toçan. (M 148).Géomys n.m. Rat des forêts de coniféres d'Amérique du Nord, porteur d'abajoues (Type de la famille des géomydés). Syn. saccophore.Gopher any of several burrowing rodents (family Geomydac) of western No. America, Central America and southern U.S. that are the size of a large rat and have large cheek pouches opening beside the mouth (avec illustration).* à la forme possédée, " notozan ", ma souris (Olm.).R.Siméon dit 'espèce de taupe ou de rat'.Cf. aussi cuauhtozan et xâltozan. -
4 ZACATECOLOTL
zacatecolôtl:*\ZACATECOLOTL ornithologie, chouette des terriers.Speotyto cuniculariaAngl., burrowing owl.Oiseau décrit en Sah11,42.* plur., zacatecolômeh.Michel Gilonne 1997,191 dit: espèce indéterminée. Il interprète tecolôtl comme le nom générique du hibou.Form: sur tecolôtl, morph.incorp. zaca-tl. -
5 badger
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6 mole
I [məul] noun(a small, permanent, usually dark, spot on the skin.) grain de beautéII [məul](a small burrowing animal with very small eyes and soft fur.) taupe- molehill- make a mountain out of a molehill -
7 rabbit
['ræbit](a type of small long-eared burrowing animal, found living wild in fields or sometimes kept as a pet.) lapin/-ine
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