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Probably from the scientific Latin specific epithet excavatrix. By surface analysis, excavate + -trix.
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Today it means: A female that excavates; a female excavator. Full definition →
Probably from the scientific Latin specific epithet excavatrix. By surface analysis, excavate + -trix.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.