xylotomous

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. That bores or cuts into wood, as with certain insects.

Word forms

xylotomous

Etymology

Ancient Greek ξύλον (xúlon, “wood”) + τομία (tomía, “cut”), from τέμνειν (témnein, “to cut”)

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