(especially of an insect larva or mollusc) feeding on or boring into wood.
〔动〕（尤指昆虫幼虫或软体动物）食木的，蚀木的，蛀木的
Example sentencesExamples
The aim of the project was to produce publications of reference on the taxonomy, biology and ecology of parasitoids attacking conifer-feeding xylophagous insects in Europe.
Since oribatid mites are often the most abundant part of the xylophagous fauna, a decrease in their abundance would have drastic implications for the decomposition rates of wood in an ecosystem.
Although we have presented several plausible hypotheses to explain this absence, it is clear that further Mesozoic fossil evidence is needed to clarify some of the early events in the evolution of xylophagous insects.
Members of the genus Cryptocercus (Dictyoptera: Cryptocercidae) are subsocial, xylophagous cockroaches that inhabit damp, decaying logs of temperate forests in the Palearctic and Nearctic.
Insects with xylophagous larvae prefer dry wood: old sculptures, ancient furniture, frames and painting panels.
Definition of xylophagous in US English:
xylophagous
adjectivezīˈläfəɡəs
Zoology
(especially of an insect larva or mollusk) feeding on or boring into wood.
〔动〕（尤指昆虫幼虫或软体动物）食木的，蚀木的，蛀木的
Example sentencesExamples
Although we have presented several plausible hypotheses to explain this absence, it is clear that further Mesozoic fossil evidence is needed to clarify some of the early events in the evolution of xylophagous insects.
Members of the genus Cryptocercus (Dictyoptera: Cryptocercidae) are subsocial, xylophagous cockroaches that inhabit damp, decaying logs of temperate forests in the Palearctic and Nearctic.
Since oribatid mites are often the most abundant part of the xylophagous fauna, a decrease in their abundance would have drastic implications for the decomposition rates of wood in an ecosystem.
The aim of the project was to produce publications of reference on the taxonomy, biology and ecology of parasitoids attacking conifer-feeding xylophagous insects in Europe.
Insects with xylophagous larvae prefer dry wood: old sculptures, ancient furniture, frames and painting panels.