saproxylophagous

[prettygoodword]

saproxylophagous (sap-roh-zai-loh-FAY-gous) - adj., feeding on, or living in, dead wood.


A specific form of both xylophagy, eating wood, and saprophagy, eating dead biomass.


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Coined from Ancient Greek roots saprós, putrid + xúlon, wood + -phágos, -eating (from phageîn, to eat).

---L.

Comments

[med_cat]

Cool portmanteau word :)

[prettygoodword]

I’d go so far as to say pretty good.

[med_cat]

Definitely! :))