"xylophagan" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: xylophagans [plural]
Etymology: Xylophaga + -an Etymology templates: {{taxfmt|Xylophaga|genus}} Xylophaga, {{suffix|en||an}} + -an Head templates: {{en-noun}} xylophagan (plural xylophagans)
  1. Any wood-boring marine bivalve of the genus Xylophaga, which bores into wood. Categories (lifeform): Bivalves

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