xylophagous etymology

English word xylophagous comes from English xylo- (Wood.), English -phagous (Used to form adjectives meaning "eating" or "feeding on".)

Detailed word origin of xylophagous

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
xylo- English (eng) Wood.
-phagous English (eng) Used to form adjectives meaning "eating" or "feeding on".
xylophagous English (eng) Destructive to wood. (of fungi etc.). Feeding on wood. (of insects etc.).

Words with the same origin as xylophagous

Descendants of xylo-
concert xylophone xylarium xylocaine xylocarpous xylochemistry xylodextrin xylogenous xylography xyloid xyloketal xylolite xyloma xylometry xylophagy xylophilous xylophone xyloplastic xylopyranose xylopyrography xylorcin xyloretinite xylorutinoside xylostyptic xylotherapy xylotypographic
Descendants of -phagous
ampelophagous androphagous anthophagous anthropophagous bacteriophagous entomophagous geophagous haematophagous histiophagous lithophagous mycetophagous mycophagous nematophagous oligophagous oophagous ophiophagous ornithophagous ostreophagous pantophagous phytophagous polyphagous saproxylophagous zoophagous zoöphagous