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xylophagous

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  1. 1. a. Eating, boring in, or destroying, wood; -- said especially of certain insect larvae, crustaceans, and mollusks. Source: opted
  2. 2. a. Of or pertaining to the genus Xylophaga. Source: opted
  3. 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. Source: webster
  4. 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. Source: ecdict

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xylophagaboringcertaincrustaceansdestroyingeatinggenusinsectpertainingsaidwoodlarvae

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xylophaganxylophagidesxylophilanxylophilousxylophonexylophonesxylophonistXylopia aethiopicaxyloplasticxylopyrography

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xyloidxyloidin

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