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Webster 1913 Edition


Xylophagan

Xy-loph′a-gan

,
Noun.
[See
Xylophagous
.]
(Zool.)
(a)
One of a tribe of beetles whose larvae bore or live in wood.
(b)
Any species of
Xylophaga
.
(c)
Any one of the
Xylophagides
.

Definition 2024


xylophagan

xylophagan

English

Noun

xylophagan (plural xylophagans)

  1. Any insect of the genus Xylophaga, which bores into wood.