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xylomycetophagous

xylomycetophagous adjective: that eats fungi growing in wood.

Adjective

xylomycetophagous (not comparable)

  1. That eats fungi growing in wood.

Origin of xylomycetophagous

From xylo- + mycetophagous.

Questions about xylomycetophagous

What does xylomycetophagous mean?
Xylomycetophagous means that eats fungi growing in wood.
What part of speech is xylomycetophagous?
Xylomycetophagous is an adjective.

Words near xylomycetophagous in the dictionary

  1. xylometers
  2. xylomethazoline
  3. xylometric
  4. xylometrically
  5. xylometry
  6. xylomycetophagous
  7. xylomycetophagy
  8. xylomyid
  9. xylomyids
  10. xylon
  11. xylonate

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