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xylophagous

[ zahy-lof-uh-guhs ]

adjective

  1. feeding on wood, as certain insects or insect larvae.
  2. perforating or destroying timber, as certain mollusks, crustaceans, and fungi.


xylophagous

/ 锄补瑟藞濒蓲蹿蓹伞蓹蝉 /

adjective

  1. (of certain insects, crustaceans, etc) feeding on or living within wood
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of xylophagous1

From the Greek word 虫测濒辞辫丑谩驳辞蝉, dating back to 1835鈥45. See xylo-, -phagous
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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锟絬ntil the judges found that her xylophagous was acceptable.

Xylophagous truly he could not be鈥 No sickly vegetarian he!

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Xylophagous: feeding in or upon woody tissue.

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Adj. eatable, edible, esculent鈥, comestible, alimentary; cereal, cibarious鈥; dietetic; culinary; nutritive, nutritious; gastric; succulent; potable, potulent鈥; bibulous. omnivorous, carnivorous, herbivorous, granivorous, graminivorous, phytivorous; ichthyivorous; omophagic, omophagous; pantophagous, phytophagous, xylophagous.

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