Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

saxicavous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: saxi-cavous
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Boring or hollowing out rocks.

Example Sentences

"a saxicavous mollusk"

Etymology

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

Rhymes With

clavus cavus favus flavous multicavous concavous favous

Questions

What does saxicavous mean?: Boring or hollowing out rocks.
Where does saxicavous come from?: Latin saxum (“rock”) + cavare (“to make hollow”), from cavus (“hollow”): compare French saxicave.

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