XYLOPHAGIDES
Xy`lo*phag"i*des, n. pl. Etym: [See Xylophagous.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A tribe or family of dipterous flies whose larvæ live in decayed wood. Some of the tropical species are very large.
XYLOPHAGOUS Xy*loph"a*gous, a. Etym: [Gr. xy`lon wood + (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.
XYLOPHILAN
Xy*loph"i*lan, n. Etym: [See Xylophilous.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of a tribe of beetles (Xylophili) whose larvæ live on decayed wood.
XYLOPHILOUS
Xy*loph"i*lous, a. Etym: [Xylo- + Gr. filei^n to love.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the xylophilans.
XYLOPHONE
Xy"lo*phone, n. Etym: [Xylo- + Gr. fwnh` sound.]
1. (Mus.)
Defn: An instrument common among the Russians, Poles, and Tartars, consisting of a series of strips of wood or glass graduated in length to the musical scale, resting on belts of straw, and struck with two small hammers. Called in Germany strohfiedel, or straw fiddle.