Definitions
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- noun A xylophagous insect.
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- noun biology Any living
organism thatfeeds onwood .
Etymologies
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Composed from xylo- + -phage, from Ancient Greek ξυλοφάγος (xylophagos), from ξύλον (xylon, "wood") and φάγος (phagos, "one who eats").
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