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xylophagan

xylophagan noun: any wood-boring marine bivalve of the genus Xylophaga.

Noun

xylophagan (plural xylophagans)

  1. Any wood-boring marine bivalve of the genus Xylophaga.
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Forms of xylophagan

pluralxylophagans

Origin of xylophagan

Xylophaga + -an

Questions about xylophagan

What does xylophagan mean?
Xylophagan means any wood-boring marine bivalve of the genus Xylophaga.
What part of speech is xylophagan?
Xylophagan is a noun.
What is the plural of xylophagan?
The plural of xylophagan is xylophagans.

Words near xylophagan in the dictionary

  1. xylopentaoses
  2. xylopentose
  3. xylopentoses
  4. xylophagaid
  5. xylophagaids
  6. xylophagan
  7. xylophagans
  8. xylophage
  9. xylophages
  10. xylophagia
  11. xylophagic

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