'Xylophagous' definitions:

Definition of 'Xylophagous'

From: GCIDE
  • Xylophagous \Xy*loph"a*gous\, a. [Gr. xylofa`gos eating wood; xy`lon wood + fagei^n to eat.] (Zool.) (a) Eating, boring in, or destroying, wood; -- said especially of certain insect larvae, crustaceans, and mollusks. (b) Of or pertaining to the genus Xylophaga. [1913 Webster]