saxi-, sax-

Inhabiting rocky limestone.

Living or growing among rocks.

Any species of marine bivalve shells of the genus Saxicava.

Some of the species are noted for their power of boring holes in limestone and similar rocks.

Dwelling, inhabiting, or growing among stony places; something that lives on or among rocks.

Of, relating to, or characteristic of those creatures, or plants, that grow on or live among rocks.

Living in, on, or among rocks: "As a graduate student, he studied saxicolous lichens above the treeline in three different parts of the mountains in Colorado."

The word is from Latin, saxum, "rock" and -colous, "living" or "growing in or on" and it has been traced back to Latin -cola, meaning "inhabitant".

Other words with the same suffix were coined in the late 19th and early 20th centuries to describe the flora and fauna of our world.

1. Promoting the dissolution of calculi.
2. An agent that breaks up or dissolves calculi.
3. That which breaks or destroys stones.

A reference to dissolving or breaking up stones; especially, dissolving stones in the bladder.

1. A poisonous substance produce in mussels and clams which have fed on member of the genus Gonyaulax and related dinoflagellates.
2. A neurotoxin produced by the red tide dinoflagellates, Gonyaulax catenella and G. Tamarensis.

It binds to the sodium channel, blocking the passage of action potentials. Its action closely resembles that of tetrodotoxin. The toxin was originally isolated from the clam, Saxidomus giganteus.