Oct 31, 2011 11:11
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Italian term

fossivoro

Italian to English Medical Zoology
fossivoro, più in specifico mammifero fossivero
Proposed translations (English)
3 +1 burrowing mammal
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Oct 31, 2011 14:45: Oliver Lawrence changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"

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PRO (3): Andrés Martínez, Rachel Fell, Oliver Lawrence

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Discussion

fedecop (asker) Oct 31, 2011:
Unfortunately, and I don't find the term in any vocabulary.
I only know that "mammiferi fossivori" is related to rats, coypus...maybe a clarification is that they live in underground dens as suggested by Oliver, and that they are considered infesting animals.
But "-voro" remains a mystery
Oliver Lawrence Oct 31, 2011:
If you actually mean 'fossivero' not 'fossivoro'.. ..then that changes everything, and I agree with Teresa's suggestion.
Teresa Valaer Oct 31, 2011:
This is true, Oliver. It literally means "a burrow-eating animal" which of course makes no sense. How can you "eat" a hole? I mean, termites eat holes but ...only in a manner of speaking. They eat wood and leave a hole where there was once wood. Therefore the term in question remains a mystery.
Oliver Lawrence Oct 31, 2011:
burrowing means digging out some kind of home underground. If you live in a ditch then you aren't living underground. And surely the "-voro" refers to what the animal eats, not where it lives.
fedecop (asker) Oct 31, 2011:
burrowings mammals is perfect, the term is referred to animals who live in ditches, as coypus, rats...
Teresa Valaer Oct 31, 2011:
can you give us more context, i.e the sentence with the term "fossivoro", as well as the sentence before it and after it?
fedecop (asker) Oct 31, 2011:
yes, it used for animals who live in ditches
Chiara Martini Oct 31, 2011:
I found only this reference, but it's not a mammal http://www.naturamediterraneo.com/forum/pop_printer_friendly...
Could it be used for animals living in ditches?
Teresa Valaer Oct 31, 2011:
yikes. this is a hard one. could it be a mammal who eats or forages for her/his food in a ditch?

Proposed translations

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burrowing mammal

this is an educated guess. see usage below. it might work for your context.
Example sentence:

Next time you see a mole digging in tree-root-filled soil in search of supper, take a moment to ponder the mammal's humerus bones. When seen in the lab, they are nothing like the long upper arm bones of any other mammal, says Samantha Hopkins, a paleontol

Peer comment(s):

agree Oliver Lawrence : I think the term is a typo for "fossivero". Also see http://www.naturamediterraneo.com/forum/pop_printer_friendly...
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Thank you, Oliver. Pardon my delay.
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Reference comments

3 hrs
Reference:

fossivero (?)

a mud shrimp - Upogebia tipica
L'animale è un fossivero. L'immagine lo riprende mentre cerca di scavare una tana

http://www.naturamediterraneo.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=...

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Note added at 3 hrs (2011-10-31 14:54:43 GMT)
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Have just seen Oliver's "Agree" and comment/link above; however, it's the only mention I found of the term
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Reference:

fossive

http://ecm.regione.veneto.it/ecm_app/eventi/xls/programma415...

1) Studio di un metodo integrato per il controllo degli animali infestanti in
collaborazione con i Servizi Veterinari Regionali : integrazione di dati geografici i
(utilizzo di software GIS di propria elaborazione per i rilievi territorial) con
informazioni di tipo etologico delle specie monitorate. Raccolta dati e restituzione
attraverso mappe geografiche del monitoraggio dei siti d’infestazione-replicazione
e di avvelenamento. Elaborazione di un metodo per l’analisi delle preferenze
alimentari e l’utilizzo dei biocidi in ambito agricolo-zootecnico. Sviluppo di un
prototipo per il controllo degli animali fossivori.


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Note added at 4 ore (2011-10-31 15:53:54 GMT)
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Reference: scusate ho scritto fossive invece di "fossivoro"

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Note added at 8 ore (2011-10-31 19:29:21 GMT)
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"vori" come onnivori, dal latino omni = tutto (all) e vorare = divorare = to devour

Forse si tratta di animali fossori

1. c) Il salto e lo scavo - Edurete.org
www.edurete.org/pd/sele_art.asp?ida=1204
Gli animali fossori conducono gran parte della loro esistenza sotto la superficie del suolo. La loro corporatura č tozza e priva di sporgenze, tale da occupare il ...
2. Lo scavo delle sepolture - San Vincenzo al Volturno
www.sanvincenzoalvolturno.it/pg/sez5_0.htm
... conservazione dello scheletro, inoltre, intervengono le infiltrazioni d'acqua, l'umidità presente all'interno della sepoltura e l'azione degli animali fossori, quali i ...
3. Fossorio in Vocabolario – Treccani
www.treccani.it/vocabolario/fossorio/
[dal lat. tardo fossorius, der. di fodĕre «scavare»; v. fossore]. – Che serve o è atto a scavare; si dice soprattutto, in zoologia, degli arti di alcuni animali adattati a ...
Note from asker:
Grazie per le definizioni. Trattandosi di nutrie, ratti e simili dovrebbe riferirsi a proprio fossori, non capisco l'unione con -vori però, potrebbe essere riferito ad animale che scava tanto per la propria tana distruggendo la zona interessata a tali scavi (essendo definiti anche animali infestanti)
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