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xylophagous

UK/zaɪˈlɒfəɡəs/US/zaɪˈlɑfəɡəs/

xylophagous adjective: feeding on wood. (of insects etc.).

Adjective

xylophagous (not comparable)

  1. Feeding on wood. (of insects etc.)
    • Man has many times suffered from his attempts at extermination, and in no way, perhaps, would he suffer more, than by utterly destroying the mischievous teredo, and its active little ally, the xylophagous linmeria.1841, William Chambers, Robert Chambers, editors, Chambers’ Edinburgh Journal, volume 9, page 247
  2. Destructive to wood. (of fungi etc.)

xylophagous meaning in Tamil

xylophagous in Tamil

கட்டையைத் தின்கிற, கட்டையைத் தின்னும் பூச்சிகள் சார்ந்த

Origin of xylophagous

From xylo- (“wood”) + -phagous (“eating”).

Words formed from xylophagous

Questions about xylophagous

What does xylophagous mean?
Xylophagous means feeding on wood. (of insects etc.).
What is xylophagous in Tamil?
Xylophagous in Tamil is கட்டையைத் தின்கிற, கட்டையைத் தின்னும் பூச்சிகள் சார்ந்த. See Xylophagous meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is xylophagous?
Xylophagous is an adjective.
How do you pronounce xylophagous?
Xylophagous is pronounced /zaɪˈlɒfəɡəs/ (UK).

Words near xylophagous in the dictionary

  1. xylophages
  2. xylophagia
  3. xylophagic
  4. xylophagid
  5. xylophagids
  6. xylophagous
  7. xylophagy
  8. xylophene
  9. xylophilan
  10. xylophilans
  11. xylophilic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: xylophagous (page history and authors); xylophagous (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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