different between xylophage vs zoophage

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

From zoo- +? -phage.

Noun

zoophage (plural zoophages)

1. An organism that consumes animal matter, or a species whose members do so; a carnivore

Related terms

• zoophagous
• zoophagy

See also

• (organism): mycetophage, phytophage, xylophage

French

Etymology

From zoo- +? -phage.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /z?.?.fa?/

Noun

zoophage m (plural zoophages)

1. A zoophage.
   • zoophage on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr

Latin

Adjective

z?ophage

1. vocative masculine singular of z?ophagus