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xylophagous
[zahy-lof-uh-guhs]
adjective
feeding on wood, as certain insects or insect larvae.
perforating or destroying timber, as certain mollusks, crustaceans, and fungi.
xylophagous
/ ɪˈɒəɡə /
adjective
(of certain insects, crustaceans, etc) feeding on or living within wood
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of xylophagous1
Example Sentences
It seemed as if Sandra had wound up exactly as she had a year ago�until the judges found that her xylophagous was acceptable.
Xylophagous truly he could not be— No sickly vegetarian he!
Xylophagous: feeding in or upon woody tissue.
Adj. eatable, edible, esculent†, comestible, alimentary; cereal, cibarious†; dietetic; culinary; nutritive, nutritious; gastric; succulent; potable, potulent†; bibulous. omnivorous, carnivorous, herbivorous, granivorous, graminivorous, phytivorous; ichthyivorous; omophagic, omophagous; pantophagous, phytophagous, xylophagous.
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