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xylophagy

xylophagy noun: the eating of wood.

Noun

xylophagy (uncountable)

  1. The eating of wood.

Origin of xylophagy

From xylo- (“wood”) + -phagy (“to feed on”).

Questions about xylophagy

What does xylophagy mean?
Xylophagy means the eating of wood.
What part of speech is xylophagy?
Xylophagy is a noun.

Words near xylophagy in the dictionary

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

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