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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Burrow \Bur"row\, verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Burrowed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Burrowing}.]

1. To excavate a hole to lodge in, as in the earth; to lodge in a hole excavated in the earth, as conies or rabbits.

2. To lodge, or take refuge, in any deep or concealed place; to hide.

Sir, this vermin of court reporters, when they are forced into day upon one point, are sure to burrow in another. --Burke.

{Burrowing owl} (Zo["o]l.), a small owl of the western part of North America ({Speotyto cunicularia}), which lives in holes, often in company with the prairie dog.
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