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lignophagia

lignophagia noun: the abnormal behaviour of chewing and eating wood.

Noun

lignophagia (uncountable)

  1. The abnormal behaviour of chewing and eating wood.

Origin of lignophagia

From ligno- + -phagia.

Questions about lignophagia

What does lignophagia mean?
Lignophagia means the abnormal behaviour of chewing and eating wood.
What part of speech is lignophagia?
Lignophagia is a noun.

Words near lignophagia in the dictionary

  1. lignols
  2. lignolysis
  3. lignolytic
  4. lignone
  5. lignones
  6. lignophagia
  7. lignose
  8. lignoseric
  9. lignoses
  10. lignosity
  11. lignosphere

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