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Saxicavous

CIDE DICTIONARY

Saxicavousa. [L. saxum rock + cavare to make hollow, fr. cavus hollow: cf. F. saxicave.].
     Boring, or hollowing out, rocks; -- said of certain mollusks which live in holes which they burrow in rocks. See Illust. of Lithodomus.  [1913 Webster]

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