Xy*loph"a*gous (?), a. [Gr. &?; eating wood; xy`lon wood + &?; to eat.] (Zoöl.) (a) Eating, boring in, or destroying, wood; -- said especially of certain insect larvæ, crustaceans, and mollusks. (b) Of or pertaining to the genus Xylophaga.

Xy*loph"a*gous (?), a. [Gr. &?; eating wood; xy`lon wood + &?; to eat.] (Zoöl.) (a) Eating, boring in, or destroying, wood; -- said especially of certain insect larvæ, crustaceans, and mollusks. (b) Of or pertaining to the genus Xylophaga.