Usually means: Eating wood as primary diet.
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▸ adjective:  That feeds on wood.

Similar:
xylophagic, lignicolous, dendrophagous, lichenivorous, xylotrophic, lichenophagous, ligniperdous, ligniferous, xylophytic, xylophilous, more...

Opposite:
carnivorous, herbivorous, omnivorous

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Similar:
xylophagic, lignicolous, dendrophagous, lichenivorous, xylotrophic, lichenophagous, ligniperdous, ligniferous, xylophytic, xylophilous, more...

Opposite:
carnivorous, herbivorous, omnivorous



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