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Burr :: Burr (n.) A ring of iron on a lance or spear. See Burr, n., 4..

Burrow :: Burrow (v. i.) To lodge, or take refuge, in any deep or concealed place; to hide..

Shipworm :: Shipworm (n.) Any long, slender, worm-shaped bivalve mollusk of Teredo and allied genera. The shipworms burrow in wood, and are destructive to wooden ships, piles of wharves, etc. See Teredo..

Gopher :: Gopher (n.) One of several North American burrowing rodents of the genera Geomys and Thomomys, of the family Geomyidae; -- called also pocket gopher and pouched rat. See Pocket gopher, and Tucan..

Burr :: Burr (n.) The knot at the bottom of an antler. See Bur, n., 8..

Camp :: Camp (n.) A mound of earth in which potatoes and other vegetables are stored for protection against frost; -- called also burrow and pie.

Blindworm :: Blindworm (n.) A small, burrowing, snakelike, limbless lizard (Anguis fragilis), with minute eyes, popularly believed to be blind; the slowworm; -- formerly a name for the adder..

Burrow :: Burrow (v. i.) To excavate a hole to lodge in, as in the earth; to lodge in a hole excavated in the earth, as conies or rabbits..

Zemni :: Zemni (n.) The blind mole rat (Spalax typhlus), native of Eastern Europe and Asia. Its eyes and ears are rudimentary, and its fur is soft and brownish, more or less tinged with gray. It constructs extensive burrows..

Burrowing :: Burrowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Burro.

Slepez :: Slepez (n.) A burrowing rodent (Spalax typhlus), native of Russia and Asia Minor. It has the general appearance of a mole, and is destitute of eyes. Called also mole rat..

Burr :: Burr (n.) The thin ridge left by a tool in cutting or shaping metal. See Burr, n., 2..

Burrowed :: Burrowed (imp. & p. p.) of Burro.

Tumbledung :: Tumbledung (n.) Any one of numerous species of scaraboid beetles belonging to Scarabaeus, Copris, Phanaeus, and allied genera. The female lays her eggs in a globular mass of dung which she rolls by means of her hind legs to a burrow excavated in the earth in which she buries it..

Latibulum :: Latibulum (n.) A concealed hiding place; a burrow; a lair; a hole.

Burry :: Burry (a.) Abounding in burs, or containing burs; resembling burs; as, burry wool..

Burr :: Burr (n.) Any rough or prickly envelope of the seeds of plants, whether a pericarp, a persistent calyx, or an involucre, as of the chestnut and burdock. Also, any weed which bears burs..

Saxicavous :: Saxicavous (a.) Boring, or hollowing out, rocks; -- said of certain mollusks which live in holes which they burrow in rocks. See Illust. of Lithodomus..

Squirrel :: Squirrel (v. i.) Any one of numerous species of small rodents belonging to the genus Sciurus and several allied genera of the family Sciuridae. Squirrels generally have a bushy tail, large erect ears, and strong hind legs. They are commonly arboreal in their habits, but many species live in burrows..

Burhel :: Burhel (n.) Alt. of Burrhe.

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