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xylophagia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
xy-lopha-gia
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

feeding on wood

Uncountable

noun

Eating wood as a form of pica

Uncountable

Etymology

From xylo- + -phagia.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Derived Forms

xylophagic

Questions

What does xylophagia mean?
feeding on wood
Where does xylophagia come from?
From xylo- + -phagia.

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