different between xylophagous vs phyllophagous
xylophagous
English
Etymology
xylo- +? -phagous
Adjective
xylophagous (not comparable)
- 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.
- 1841, William Chambers and Robert Chambers [eds.], Chambers’ Edinburgh Journal, volume 9, page 247
- Destructive to wood. (of fungi etc.)
Derived terms
- saproxylophagous
Related terms
- xylophage
- xylophagy
Translations
xylophagous From the web:
- what does xylophagous mean
- what is xylophagous used for
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- what does xylophagous
phyllophagous
English
Etymology
phyllo- +? -phagous
Adjective
phyllophagous (not comparable)
- (zoology) that feeds on leaves; leaf-eating
phyllophagous From the web:
- what does phyllophagous
- what does phyllophagous meaning
- what are some phyllophagous species
- what is a phyllophagous mean
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