xylotomous
Meanings
adj
- That bores or cuts into wood, as with certain insects.
Word forms
Etymology
Ancient Greek ξύλον (xúlon, “wood”) + τομία (tomía, “cut”), from τέμνειν (témnein, “to cut”)
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