burrower
Underground passage creator
A burrower is something that burrows—an animal that digs tunnels or holes in the ground.
Moles, rabbits, and groundhogs are burrowers.
The word extends to anyone who digs persistently into something: a burrower through archives, a burrower into obscure facts.
Subterranean insectivore
- gopherBurrowing North American rodent
- earthwormSegmented soil-dwelling invertebrate
- badgerNag persistently
- groundhogNorth American burrowing marmot
prairie dog · aardvark · armadillo · vole · shrew · chipmunk · woodchuck · meerkat
Absence in matter
- warrenInterconnected underground tunnels
- passageSegment of text
- undergroundBelow ground or countercultural
- excavationAct of unearthing
entrance · exit · network · chamber · digging · subterranean · den · lair
Private room or lair
- lairAnimal's hidden dwelling
- hideawaySecluded place of refuge
- refugePlace of safety
- nestAnimal-built shelter for young
sett · warren · lodge · retreat · sanctuary · haven · cover · protection
Removing earth below
- tunnelingDigging underground passages
- excavatingRemoving soil to uncover
- nestingMaking a dwelling
- hibernatingSeasonally dormant state
mole
Subterranean insectivore
- gopherBurrowing North American rodent
- earthwormSegmented soil-dwelling invertebrate
- badgerNag persistently
groundhog · prairie dog · aardvark · armadillo · vole · shrew · chipmunk · woodchuck · meerkat · kangaroo rat
hole
Absence in matter
- warrenInterconnected underground tunnels
- passageSegment of text
- undergroundBelow ground or countercultural
excavation · entrance · exit · network · chamber · digging · subterranean · den · lair · nest
den
Private room or lair
nest · sett · warren · lodge · retreat · sanctuary · haven · cover · protection · concealment
digging
Removing earth below
- tunnelingDigging underground passages
- excavatingRemoving soil to uncover
- nestingMaking a dwelling
hibernating · foraging · hiding · hoarding · dwelling · nocturnal
- habitat typesaquatic, terrestrial, arboreal, marine, freshwater
- seafloor lifesea cucumber, sea cucumbers, sea urchin, sea urchins, sand dollar
- mayfliesmayfly, mayflies, ephemera, imago, nymph
- ecological rolesproducer, consumer, decomposer, predator, prey
- scorpionsemperor scorpion, deathstalker, desert scorpion
- seafloorseabed, seafloor, ocean floor, mid-ocean ridge, sea bed
- burrowing animalAnimal that digs tunnels
- Joe Burrow
- burrow nestingBreeding in excavated holes
- burrowing owlSubterranean-dwelling small raptor
- burrowing mammalsAnimals that excavate underground