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saxicavous

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Etymology

Latin saxum (“rock”) + cavare (“to make hollow”), from cavus (“hollow”): compare French saxicave.

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Adjective

saxicavous (not comparable)

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

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