Xylophagan

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Xylophagan \Xy*loph"a*gan\, n. [See {Xylophagous}.] (Zool.)
     (a) One of a tribe of beetles whose larvae bore or live in
         wood.
     (b) Any species of {Xylophaga}.
     (c) Any one of the {Xylophagides}.
         [1913 Webster]