saxicavous

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adjective

Boring or hollowing out rocks.

“a saxicavous mollusk”

OriginLatin saxum →
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Meanings

adjectivesaxicavous (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebiologyBoring or hollowing out rocks.

    a saxicavous mollusk

Origin

  1. Latinsaxum“rock”
  2. Englishsaxicavous

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with saxicavous

cavusclavusconcavousfavousfavusflavousmulticavous
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“saxicavous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/saxicavous. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “saxicavous,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/saxicavous.

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