Vocabulary : Xyloid to Xylophilan

Xyloid : Resembling wood; having the nature of wood.
Xyloidin : A substance resembling pyroxylin, obtained by the action of nitric acid on starch; -- called also nitramidin.
Xylol : Same as Xylene.
Xylology : The branch of dendrology treating of the gross and minute structure of wood.
Xylonite : See Zylonite.

Xylophaga : A genus of marine bivalves which bore holes in wood. They are allied to Pholas.
Xylophagan : One of a tribe of beetles whose larvae bore or live in wood. ;; Any species of Xylophaga. ;; Any one of the Xylophagides.
Xylophagides : A tribe or family of dipterous flies whose larvae live in decayed wood. Some of the tropical species are very large.
Xylophagous : Eating, boring in, or destroying, wood; -- said especially of certain insect larvae, crustaceans, and mollusks. ;; Of or pertaining to the genus Xylophaga.
Xylophilan : One of a tribe of beetles (Xylophili) whose larvae live on decayed wood.

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