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Webster 1913 Edition

Xylophaga

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Xy-loph′a-ga

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Noun.

[NL. See

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(Zool.)

A genus of marine bivalves which bore holes in wood. They are allied to Pholas.

Definition 2024

Xylophaga

Xylophaga

Translingual

Proper noun

Xylophaga f

A taxonomic genus within the family Pholadidae – wood-boring marine bivalves.