'Saxicavous' definitions:

Definition of 'Saxicavous'

From: GCIDE

Saxicavous \Sax`i*ca"vous\, a. [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. [1913 Webster]