Category:Saxicavous

Sax`i*ca"vous, a. Etym: [l. saxum rock + cavare to make hollow, fr. Cavus hollow: cf. F. saxicave.] (zoöl.)

Defn: boring, or hollowing out, rocks; -- said of certain mollusks Which live in holes which they burrow in rocks. See illust. of Lithodomus.