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rootle [ˈruːt^əl]

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) (intr) Brit another word for root²

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rootle - dig with the snout; "the pig was rooting for truffles"

rout, root

cut into, delve, dig, turn over - turn up, loosen, or remove earth; "Dig we must"; "turn over the soil for aeration"

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cut into delve dig grub Root rout rummage turn over			So, big question - what rootles in gravel, digs up moss and has regular bowel movements - about every five minutes judging by the number of times I've had to scrape the soles of my shoes? Mystery of the moss balls on my 'lovely lawn' Maureen on Monday by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England) ``I came home, and although I'd just climbed Everest I started to wonder whether it was possible,'' he says, the phone clamped to one ear as he rootles for clean socks at his other home on a house boat on the Thames. Sin flies out to Africa for Comic Relief kick-off B; Jill Tunstall ... by Daily Post (Liverpool, England) ``I came home, and although I'd just climbed Everest I started to wonder whether it was possible,'' he says, the phone clamped to one ear as he rootles for clean socks at his other home on a house boat on the Thames. Polar Bear; Not content with being the youngest Briton to conquer ... by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)			root position root pressure root reptile root rot root system root treatment root up root vegetable root word root-and-branch Root-and-branch men root-canal therapy rootage rootbound Rootcap rooted rootedness rooter rooter skunk Rootery roothold rooting rooting compound rooting reflex rootle rootles rootless rootlessness rootlet roots roots music rootserver rootstalk rootstock rootworm rooty ropable Ropalic rope rope bridge rope burn rope dancer rope down rope in rope ladder Rope mat Rope of sand rope off Rope pump rope together rope tow			Rooting hormone Rooting instinct rooting on rooting on rooting on rooting on rooting out rooting out rooting out rooting out Rooting powder Rooting powder Rooting powder rooting reflex rooting reflex rooting reflex rooting reflex rooting up rooting up rooting up rooting up Rootkit Rootkit Rootkit Rootkit Analysis Identification Elimination Rootkit Detector Rootkit/archive Rootkits rootle rootled rootles rootless rootless vent rootlessness rootlet rootlet rootlet rootlet rootlets rootlets rootlets rootlets rootling roots roots roots roots roots roots Roots and rebellion Roots blower Roots Festival roots for roots for roots for roots for Roots Intention Crew roots music Roots of A Mountain Roots of anti-Semitism Roots of Appalachia Growers Association

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