Home › Words › S › saproxylophagysaproxylophagysaproxylophagy means the eating of decaying wood.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, saproxylophagy ranks #16,730 of 42,749 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom sapro- + xylo- + -phagy.nounThe eating of decaying wood.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).