"saproxylic" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: sapro- + xylo- + -ic Etymology templates: {{af|en|sapro-|xylo-|-ic}} sapro- + xylo- + -ic Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} saproxylic (not comparable)
  1. Relating to, or causing, the decay of wood. Tags: not-comparable Translations (relating to the decay of wood): saproxylique (French), saproxyle (French), saproxilico (Italian), saproxilo (Italian)
    Sense id: en-saproxylic-en-adj-94UbKMeg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with sapro-, English terms prefixed with xylo- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 40 40 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with sapro-: 22 36 42 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with xylo-: 22 36 42 Disambiguation of 'relating to the decay of wood': 75 25
  2. That lives in or feeds on decaying wood. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-saproxylic-en-adj-nkrUwX~Z Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with sapro-, English terms prefixed with xylo- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 40 40 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with sapro-: 22 36 42 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with xylo-: 22 36 42

Noun

Forms: saproxylics [plural]
Etymology: sapro- + xylo- + -ic Etymology templates: {{af|en|sapro-|xylo-|-ic}} sapro- + xylo- + -ic Head templates: {{en-noun}} saproxylic (plural saproxylics)
  1. Any organism that lives in decaying wood
    Sense id: en-saproxylic-en-noun-0iUZ30e3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with sapro-, English terms prefixed with xylo-, English terms suffixed with -ic Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 40 40 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with sapro-: 22 36 42 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with xylo-: 22 36 42 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ic: 20 32 48

Inflected forms

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