xylophagous en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /zaɪˈlɒfəɡəs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /zaɪˈlɑfəɡəs/ (General-American)
Etymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek ξῠ́λον (xŭ́lon) English xylo- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g- Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂g-der. Ancient Greek ἔφαγον (éphagon) Ancient Greek -φάγος (-phágos)bor. Latin -phagusbor. English -phagous English xylophagous From xylo- (“wood”) + -phagous (“eating”).
Meanings
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(not-comparable) 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:
- (not-comparable) Destructive to wood. (of fungi etc.)
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Translations (11)
ca xilòfag (of insects, etc., feeding on wood) · fi ksylofaginen (of insects, etc., feeding on wood) · fr xylophage (of insects, etc., feeding on wood) · fr xylophage (of fungi, etc., feeding on wood) · cs xylofágní (of insects, etc., feeding on wood) · cs dřevožravý (of insects, etc., feeding on wood) · de xylophag (of insects, etc., feeding on wood) · fi ksylofaginen (of fungi, etc., feeding on wood) · tr oduncul (of insects, etc., feeding on wood) · cs dřevožravý (of fungi, etc., feeding on wood) · cs xylofágní (of fungi, etc., feeding on wood)