saxicavous

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saxicavous - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
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