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xylophagia

xylophagia noun: feeding on wood.

Noun

xylophagia (uncountable)

  1. feeding on wood
  2. Eating wood as a form of pica

Origin of xylophagia

From xylo- + -phagia.

Words formed from xylophagia

Questions about xylophagia

What does xylophagia mean?
Xylophagia means feeding on wood.
What part of speech is xylophagia?
Xylophagia is a noun.

Words near xylophagia in the dictionary

  1. xylophagaids
  2. xylophagan
  3. xylophagans
  4. xylophage
  5. xylophages
  6. xylophagia
  7. xylophagic
  8. xylophagid
  9. xylophagids
  10. xylophagous
  11. xylophagy

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