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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. Wood-cutting, as an insect.

Wiktionary

  1. adj. That bores or cuts into wood, as with certain insects.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. (Zoöl.) Capable of boring or cutting wood; -- said of many insects.

Etymologies

  1. Ancient Greek ξύλον (xylon, "wood") + τομία (tomia, "cut"), from τέμνειν (temnein, "to cut") (Wiktionary)

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