adj
Meaning 1
Feeding on wood. (of insects etc.)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
xylophagous
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
-
Received-Pronunciation: /zaɪˈlɒfəɡəs/
-
General-American: /zaɪˈlɑfəɡəs/
-
rhymes with -ɒfəɡəs
adj
Meaning 2
Destructive to wood. (of fungi etc.)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek ξῠ́λον (xŭ́lon) English xylo- Proto-Indo-European *bheh2g- Proto-Indo-European *bhh2g-der. Ancient Greek ἔφαγον (éphagon) Ancient Greek -φάγος (-phágos)bor. Latin -phagusbor. English -phagous English xylophagous From xylo- (“wood”) + -phagous (“eating”).
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: xilòfag — of insects, etc., feeding on wood
- Czech: dřevožravý — of insects, etc., feeding on wood
- Czech: xylofágní — of insects, etc., feeding on wood
- Finnish: ksylofaginen — of insects, etc., feeding on wood
- French: xylophage — of insects, etc., feeding on wood
- German: xylophag — of insects, etc., feeding on wood
- Turkish: oduncul — of insects, etc., feeding on wood
- Czech: dřevožravý — of fungi, etc., feeding on wood
- Czech: xylofágní — of fungi, etc., feeding on wood
- Finnish: ksylofaginen — of fungi, etc., feeding on wood
- French: xylophage — of fungi, etc., feeding on wood