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.
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Xylophagous
Synonyms for "xylophagous"
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9 translations across 4 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- xilòfag adj (of insects, etc., feeding on wood)
Czech
4 entries- dřevožravý adj (of insects, etc., feeding on wood)
- dřevožravý adj (of fungi, etc., feeding on wood)
- xylofágní adj (of insects, etc., feeding on wood)
- xylofágní adj (of fungi, etc., feeding on wood)
Finnish
2 entries- ksylofaginen adj (of insects, etc., feeding on wood)
- ksylofaginen adj (of fungi, etc., feeding on wood)
French
2 entries- xylophage adj (of insects, etc., feeding on wood)
- xylophage adj (of fungi, etc., feeding on wood)
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