lignivorous
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lignivorous — adj. [L. lignum, wood; vorare, to devour] Eating wood or woody tissue … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
lignivorous — /lig niv euhr euhs/, adj. xylophagous. [1820 30; LIGNI + VOROUS] * * * … Universalium
lignivorous — adjective That feeds on wood … Wiktionary
lignivorous — /lig niv euhr euhs/, adj. xylophagous. [1820 30; LIGNI + VOROUS] * * * lignivˈorous adjective (L vorāre to devour) feeding on wood • • • Main Entry: ↑lignum … Useful english dictionary
Feeding and Eating — Like many people, I enjoy eating perhaps too much so. This list of 113 words describes different things one could eat, although a human would have to be pretty desperate to eat lice or limestone. Then again, I ve eaten at McDonald s hundreds of… … Phrontistery dictionary
lign- — combining form or ligni or ligno Etymology: Latin lign , ligni , from lignum more at ligneous 1. : wood … Useful english dictionary
