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Webster 1913 Edition
Xylotrya
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Xy-lo′try-a
,Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr.
ξύλον
wood + [GREEK] to rub, wear out.] (Zool.)
A genus of marine bivalves closely allied to Teredo, and equally destructive to timber. One species (
Xylotrya fimbriata
) is very common on the Atlantic coast of the United States.