The heavy roots are carried to trucks on the backs of burrows. What does it mean?
2006-08-25 17:39:34 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
A burro is a donkey. ? No W though.
2006-08-25 17:42:08 · answer #1 · answered by Melanie L 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A burrow is a hole or tunnel dug into the ground by an animal to create a space suitable for habitation, temporary refuge, or as a byproduct of locomotion. Burrows provide a form of shelter against predation and exposure to the elements.
A wide variety of animals construct or use burrows in many different types of substrate. Rodents are perhaps most well-known for burrowing, especially the prolific gopher and groundhog (one expert estimates that a single groundhog burrow occupies a full cubic meter, displacing 320 kilograms of dirt). Other examples of burrowing animals include a number of insects, fish, amphibians, reptiles, and birds, among many others.
Burrows can be constructed into a wide variety of substrates. Kangaroo mice construct burrows in fine sand. Termites construct burrows in wood. Some sea urchins can burrow into rock. Burrows can also range in complexity to a simple tube a few centimeters long to a complex network of interconnecting tunnels and chambers hundreds or thousands of meters in total length, such as a well-developed rabbit warren.
2006-08-25 17:42:13 · answer #2 · answered by kev 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
burrow
"rabbit-hole, fox-hole, etc.," c.1360, from O.E. burgh "stronghold, fortress" (see borough); influenced by bergh "hill," and berwen "to defend, take refuge." The verb is first attested 1771.
Current definition:
• noun a hole or tunnel dug by a small animal as a dwelling.
• verb 1 make a burrow. 2 hide underneath or delve into something.
Burro (small donkey used as a pack animal) is a completely different word. But it is a homophone. So is the last name of the guy who wrote Tarzan, Edgar Rice Burroughs. For that matter this is another homophone (borough): noun: an English town that forms the constituency of a member of Parliament
noun: one of the administrative divisions of a large city
2006-08-25 18:17:17 · answer #3 · answered by maî 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Burrow is a hole which is dug by rabbits or rats which they usually live in them.
2006-08-25 18:01:29 · answer #4 · answered by NANI 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Burros, actually. Burro is Spanish for donkey.
2006-08-25 17:42:36 · answer #5 · answered by sidgirls 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think this should possibly be "burros" - which are donkeys.
2006-08-25 17:45:07 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
donkeys
2006-08-25 17:41:25 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
a rabbit's home
2006-08-29 08:16:03 · answer #8 · answered by confused 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋