xylophagous

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  1. adjective Feeding on wood, as certain insects or insect larvae.
  2. adjective Destructive to wood, as certain crustaceans or fungi.

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  1. from Greek ξυλοφάγος, wood-eating, from ξύλον, wood, + φαγεῖν, eat.
 

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