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
Godlike; heavenly; excellent in the highest degree;
supremely admirable; apparently above what is human. In this
application, the word admits of comparison; as, the divinest mind. Sir
J. Davies.
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EIVIND
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"Delicious!"
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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.