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rootling
Etymology 1 vb. (present participle of rootle English) Etymology 2
n. 1 A small or miniature root; a rootlet. 2 a plantling just beginning to root.
Usage examples of "rootling".
Then the sniffings and rootlings round the huts, the latherings and flappy droolings, the regular flinging of his bulk against any weakness, the splitting of wood, the human cries, the heavy arhythmical bounding of the chase, the incensed rip-pings and gulpings of the kill.