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fossor [fos-er] ExamplesWord Origin noun
- (in the early Christian church) a minor clergyman employed as a gravedigger.
Origin of fossor 1850–55; Latin: digger (Late Latin: gravedigger), equivalent to fod(ere) to dig + -tor -tor, with dt > ss Also called fossarian. Examples from the Web for fossor Historical Examples of fossor
In size and color they are like fossor, but the skulls are intermediate.
The Pocket Gophers (Genus Thomomys) of Utah, Vol. 1 No. 1
Stephen D. Durrant
This present study reveals intergradation between ocius and uinta, and also between ocius and fossor (see account of fossor).
The Pocket Gophers (Genus Thomomys) of Utah, Vol. 1 No. 1
Stephen D. Durrant
Because the animals are more like fossor in the majority of characters, they are here referred to that race.
The Pocket Gophers (Genus Thomomys) of Utah, Vol. 1 No. 1
Stephen D. Durrant
The difference in color is greater in comparison with fossor than with rostralis.
A New Pocket Gopher (Genus Thomomys), from Eastern Colorado
E. Raymond Hall
The young Greek knelt at the old man’s feet, then rose and kissed his hand, and followed in silence the fossor Hilarus.
William Henry Withrow