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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
/ ³ú²¹ÉªËˆ±ôÉ’´Úəɡə²õ /
adjective
- (of certain insects, crustaceans, etc) feeding on or living within wood
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of xylophagous1
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Example Sentences
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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!
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Xylophagous: feeding in or upon woody tissue.
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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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