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from The Century Dictionary.

  • In entomology, of or pertaining to the Xylophaga, in either sense.
  • noun A member of the Xylophaga, in either sense.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One of a tribe of beetles whose larvæ bore or live in wood.
  • noun Any species of Xylophaga.
  • noun Any one of the Xylophagides.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Any insect of the genus Xylophaga, which bores into wood.

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