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Thesaurus: xylophagous

Eating, boring in, or destroying, wood; -- said especially of certain insect larvae, crustaceans, and mollusks.

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  1. a. Eating, boring in, or destroying, wood; -- said especially of certain insect larvae, crustaceans, and mollusks.
  2. a. Of or pertaining to the genus Xylophaga.
  3. (a) Eating, boring in, or destroying, wood; -- said especially of certain insect larvæ, crustaceans, and mollusks. (b) Of or pertaining to the genus Xylophaga.
  4. a. Eating, boring in, or destroying, wood; -- said especially of certain insect larvae, crustaceans, and mollusks. a. Of or pertaining to the genus Xylophaga.