xylophagous

xylophagous is in zoology subject.

Eating, boring in, or destroying, wood; said especially of certain insect larvae, crustaceans, and mollusks.

Of or pertaining to the genus Xylophaga.

Origin: Gr. Eating wood; xylon wood + to eat.

Source: Websters Dictionary

(01 Mar 1998)


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