||Xy*lo"try*a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. xy`lon wood + &?; to rub, wear out.] (Zoöl.) A genus of marine bivalves closely allied to Teredo, and equally destructive to timber. One species (Xylotrya fimbriata) is very common on the Atlantic coast of the United States.

||Xy*lo"try*a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. xy`lon wood + &?; to rub, wear out.] (Zoöl.) A genus of marine bivalves closely allied to Teredo, and equally destructive to timber. One species (Xylotrya fimbriata) is very common on the Atlantic coast of the United States.