different between xylophage vs xylophagous

English

Etymology

xylo- +? -phage

Noun

xylophage (plural xylophages)

1. (biology) Any living organism that feeds on wood.

Related terms

• xylophagy
• xylophagous

French

Etymology

Composed by xylo- +? -phage, from Ancient Greek ????????? (xulophágos), from ????? (xúlon, “wood”) and ????? (phágos, “one who eats”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?zi.l?.fa?/
• Homophone: xylophages
• Hyphenation: xy?lo?phage

Adjective

xylophage (plural xylophages)

1. (biology, of insects or mushrooms) xylophagous

Noun

xylophage m (plural xylophages)

1. (biology) xylophage

Further reading

• “xylophage” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

xylo- +? -phagous

Adjective

xylophagous (not comparable)

1. Feeding on wood. (of insects etc.)
   • 1841, William Chambers and Robert Chambers [eds.], Chambers’ Edinburgh Journal, volume 9, page 247

     Man has many times suffered from his attempts at extermination, and in no way, perhaps, would he suffer more, than by utterly destroying the mischievous teredo, and its active little ally, the xylophagous linmeria.

2. Destructive to wood. (of fungi etc.)

Derived terms

• saproxylophagous

Related terms

• xylophage
• xylophagy

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