Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Destructive of wood; injurious to timber: specifically applied to various insects, crustaceans, and mollusks.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Wood-destroying; -- said of certain insects.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective zoology
Wood -destroying ; said of certain insects and fungi.
Etymologies
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Latin lignum wood + perdere to destroy: compare French ligniperde.
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Examples
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Owing to its imperviousness to ligniperdous insects and climate, it cannot possibly be surpassed for such purposes as railway-sleepers.
The Philippine Islands John Foreman
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