- hylophagous
- [haıʹlɒfəgəs] n биол.
поедающий древесину
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hylophagous
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Hylophagous — Hy*loph a*gous, a. [Gr. ? wood + ? to eat.] (Zo[ o]l.) Eating green shoots, as certain insects do. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hylophagous — [hī läf′ə gəs] adj. [ HYLO + PHAGOUS] feeding on wood, as some insects do … English World dictionary
hylophagous — (ˈ)hī|läfə̇gəs adjective Etymology: hyl + phagous zoology : eating wood hylophagous insects * * * /huy lof euh geuhs/, adj. xylophagous (def. 1). [ < Gk hylophágos. See HYLO , PHAGOUS] * * * hylophˈagous adjective … Useful english dictionary
hylophagous — adj. [Gr. hyle, wood; phagein, to eat] Wood eating, as some insects … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
hylophagous — /huy lof euh geuhs/, adj. xylophagous (def. 1). [ < Gk hylophágos. See HYLO , PHAGOUS] * * * … Universalium
hylophagous — adjective That feeds on wood … Wiktionary
hylophagous — eating wood Feeding and Eating … Phrontistery dictionary
hylophagous — hy·loph·a·gous … English syllables
hylophagous — a. eating wood … Dictionary of difficult words
hylo- — a combining form meaning wood, matter, used in the formation of compound words: hylophagous; hylotheism. [ < Gk, comb. form of hýle wood, matter] * * * … Universalium
-phagous — a combining form meaning eating, feeding on, devouring that specified by the initial element: creophagous; hylophagous; rhizophagous. [ < Gk phagos, adj. deriv. of phágein to eat; see OUS] * * * … Universalium
