SAXICAVOUS


Meaning of SAXICAVOUS in English

|saksē|kāvəs adjective

Etymology: New Latin saxicavus, from saxi- + -cavus (from Latin cavare to make hollow) — more at excavate

: boring in rock — used especially of a mollusk; compare lithophagous

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