xylophagous
English
Etymology
xylo- + -phagous
Adjective
xylophagous (not comparable)
- Feeding on wood. (of insects etc.)
- 1841, William Chambers and Robert Chambers [eds.], Chambers’ Edinburgh Journal, volume 9, page 247
- Man has many times suffered from his attempts at extermination, and in no way, perhaps, would he suffer more, than by utterly destroying the mischievous teredo, and its active little ally, the xylophagous linmeria.
- 1841, William Chambers and Robert Chambers [eds.], Chambers’ Edinburgh Journal, volume 9, page 247
- Destructive to wood. (of fungi etc.)
Derived terms
- saproxylophagous
Related terms
- xylophage
- xylophagy
Translations
of insects, etc., feeding on wood
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of fungi, etc., feeding on wood
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