Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Wood-eating; living in and devouring wood, either in a growing tree or in cut timber, as the larvæ of many insects; xylophagous.
Wiktionary
- adj. That feeds on wood.
Examples
“Same with lignivorous/xylophagous, herbivorous/phytophagous, and of course carnivorous/sarcophagous.”
“On the European lignivorous insects, see Siemoni, Manuale d'Arte Forestale, 2d edizione, pp. 369-379.”
Earth as Modified by Human Action, The~ Chapter 03 (historical)
“Having, for fifteen years," says the latter author, "incessantly studied the habits of lignivorous insects in one of the best wooded regions of France, I have observed facts enough to feel myself warranted in expressing my conclusions, which are: that insects in general -- I am trees in sound health, and they assail those only whose normal conditions and functions have been by some cause impaired.”
Earth as Modified by Human Action, The~ Chapter 02 (historical)
“The lignivorous insects that attack living trees almost uniformly confine their ravages to trees already unsound or diseased in growth from the depredations of leaf-eaters, such as caterpillars and the like, or from other causes.”
Earth as Modified by Human Action, The~ Chapter 02 (historical)
“European lignivorous insects, see Siemoni, Manuale d'Arte Forestale, 2d edizione, pp. 369-379.]”
“Having, for fifteen years," says the latter author, "incessantly studied the habits of lignivorous insects in one of the best wooded regions of”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘lignivorous’.
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phrontistery - l
from phrontistery.info
lacis, laches, labret, labile, lability, labarum, labefactation, labeorphily, lux, luff, lour, limn and 496 more...
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ligni-, ligno-, lign-
of or relating to wood
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Adjectival Arcana
A roster of adjectives that infrequently surface in typical conversation and writing. Many are dredged from scientific or other technical jargon or sieved from examples of disused archaic forms.
unitegmic, acaulescent, reticuloendothelial, ingressive, uniate, acanthopterygian, ossific, epiphysial, perivisceral, acœlomatous, cestoid, acælomate and 7756 more...
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rememberers
prolix, ageusia, animadversion, anodyne, antic, arabesque, beadle, brachymetropia, colophon, desquamation, diaphoresis, diegesis and 3251 more...
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You Are What You Eat
algivorous, amphivorous, aphidivorous, apivorous, arachnivorous, aurivorous, baccivorous, batrachivorous, calcivorous, carnivorous, cepevorous, comburivorous and 44 more...
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rolig Now there's a fun word. Thanks, q! Sep 2, 2008
qroqqa "Squid-eating" would be 'loliginivorous' (Latin loligo, loligin-). Sep 2, 2008
rolig Interesting that this means "wood-eating". In Slovene the word ligenj means squid, so I thought this referred to someone who eats calamari. It turns out that the Slovene word probably derives from some Dalmatian word related to Old Italian lolligine (this information comes from Marko Snoj's Slovene Etymological Dictionary). Sep 2, 2008
bilby I woodn't eat that. Sep 2, 2008