English Dictionary: xylophagous | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Xylophagous \Xy*loph"a*gous\, a. [Gr. [?] eating wood; xy`lon wood + [?] to eat.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) Eating, boring in, or destroying, wood; -- said especially of certain insect larv[91], crustaceans, and mollusks. (b) Of or pertaining to the genus Xylophaga. |