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saxicavous

saxicavous adjective: boring or hollowing out rocks.

Adjective

saxicavous (not comparable)

  1. Boring or hollowing out rocks.
    • a saxicavous mollusk

Origin of saxicavous

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

Words that rhyme with saxicavous

Questions about saxicavous

What does saxicavous mean?
Saxicavous means boring or hollowing out rocks.
What part of speech is saxicavous?
Saxicavous is an adjective.

Words near saxicavous in the dictionary

  1. saxicava
  2. saxicavae
  3. saxicavas
  4. saxicavid
  5. saxicavids
  6. saxicavous
  7. saxicole
  8. saxicoline
  9. saxicolous
  10. saxicolously
  11. saxifragaceous

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