xylophagan

xylophagan means any wood-boring marine bivalve of the genus Xylophaga. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 89 out of 100.

Etymology

Xylophaga + -an

noun

Any wood-boring marine bivalve of the genus Xylophaga.“Can you call the Captain Clitus? / Logan, Grant, and Ronald Reagan / In the grave with Xylophagan”

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Near rhymes

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