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Webster 1913 Edition


Saxicavous

Saxˊi-ca′vous

,
Adj.
[L.
saxum
rock +
cavare
to make hollow, fr.
cavus
hollow: cf. F.
saxicave
.]
(Zool.)
Boring, or hollowing out, rocks; – said of certain mollusks which live in holes which they burrow in rocks. See Illust. of
Lithodomus
.

Definition 2024


saxicavous

saxicavous

English

Adjective

saxicavous (not comparable)

  1. (zoology) Boring or hollowing out rocks.
    a saxicavous mollusk