Xylophagous Definition
zī-lŏfə-gəs
adjective
Eating, boring into, or destroying wood, as certain mollusks or the larvae of certain insects.
Webster's New World
Feeding on or obtaining nutrition from wood.
A xylophagous beetle; xylophagous fungi.
American Heritage
Origin of Xylophagous
From xylo- (wood) and suffix -phagous
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