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xylophilous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
xy-lophilous
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Living on or in wood, as some fungi and beetles do.

Etymology

From xylo- + -philous.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more xylophilous (comparative) most xylophilous (superlative)

Questions

What does xylophilous mean?
Living on or in wood, as some fungi and beetles do.
Where does xylophilous come from?
From xylo- + -philous.

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