xylophagous

English

Etymology

xylo- +‎ -phagous

Adjective

xylophagous (not comparable)

Feeding on wood. (of insects etc.)
- 1841, William Chambers and Robert Chambers [eds.], Chambers’ Edinburgh Journal, volume 9, page 247
  Man has many times suffered from his attempts at extermination, and in no way, perhaps, would he suffer more, than by utterly destroying the mischievous teredo, and its active little ally, the xylophagous linmeria.
Destructive to wood. (of fungi etc.)

Derived terms

saproxylophagous

Related terms

Translations

of insects, etc., feeding on wood

Czech: dřevožravý, xylofágní (cs)
Finnish: ksylofaginen

French: xylophage (fr)

of fungi, etc., feeding on wood

Czech: dřevožravý, xylofágní (cs)
Finnish: ksylofaginen

French: xylophage (fr)

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