Xylophagous
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Feeding on wood. (of insects etc.) not-comparable
"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."
- 2 Destructive to wood. (of fungi etc.) not-comparable
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From xylo- + -phagous.
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