What does xylophagous mean?
Xylophagous means Feeding on wood. (of insects etc.).
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/zaɪˈlɒfəɡəs/ · adjective
Feeding on wood. (of insects etc.).
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.
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Xylophagous means Feeding on wood. (of insects etc.).
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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.
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