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