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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
.