What does xylophagous mean?
Definitions for xylophagous
zaɪˈlɒf ə gəsxy·lophagous
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xylophagousadjective
Feeding on wood.
xylophagousadjective
Destructive to wood.
Etymology: From xylo- (wood) and suffix -phagous
Wikipedia
xylophagous
Xylophagy is a term used in ecology to describe the habits of an herbivorous animal whose diet consists primarily (often solely) of wood. The word derives from Greek ξυλοφάγος (xulophagos) "eating wood", from ξύλον (xulon) "wood" and φαγεῖν (phagein) "to eat", an ancient Greek name for a kind of a worm-eating bird. Animals feeding only on dead wood are called sapro-xylophagous or saproxylic.
Webster Dictionary
Xylophagousadjective
eating, boring in, or destroying, wood; -- said especially of certain insect larvae, crustaceans, and mollusks
Xylophagousadjective
of or pertaining to the genus Xylophaga
Etymology: [Gr. xylofa`gos eating wood; xy`lon wood + fagei^n to eat.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Xylophagous
zī-lof′a-gus, adj. wood-eating.
Entomology
Xylophagous
feeding in or upon woody tissue.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of xylophagous in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of xylophagous in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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