xylophage
English
Etymology
Noun
xylophage (plural xylophages)
Related terms
French
Etymology
Composed by xylo- + -phage, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ξυλοφάγος (xulophágos), from ξύλον (xúlon, “wood”) and φάγος (phágos, “one who eats”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡzi.lɔ.faʒ/
- Homophone: xylophages
- Hyphenation: xy‧lo‧phage
Adjective
xylophage (plural xylophages)
- (biology, of insects or mushrooms) xylophagous
Noun
xylophage m (plural xylophages)
Further reading
- “xylophage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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