Crossword-Solution: SAXICAVOUS
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Saxicavous | a. | Boring, or hollowing out, rocks; -- said of certain mollusks which live in holes which they burrow in rocks. See Illust. of Lithodomus. |
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Hint 1 meaning
The apparent arc described, above or below the horizon, by the
sun or other celestial body. The diurnal arc is described during the
daytime, the nocturnal arc during the night.
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Sentences with SAXICAVOUS (2)
The solid surface of the inferior limestone has also been bored, so as to exhibit cylindrical and pear-shaped cavities, as at _c_, the work of saxicavous mollusca; and many rents, as at _b_, which descend several feet or yards into the limestone, have been filled with sand and shells, similar to those in the stratum _a._ Overlapping Strata.—Strata are said to overlap when an upper bed extends beyond the limits of a lower one.
Yet Balani and Serpulæ can attach themselves to living corals, and holes are excavated in them by saxicavous mollusca.