xylophilous
📖 Definitions
adjective
Growing on or living in wood.
💬 Usage Examples
“Almost any type of nook or cranny may be used, but the most common are tubes in the hollowed pith of twigs or vacant insect borings in dead wood (xylophilous wasps).” Kenneth G. Ross and Robert W. Matthews; The Social Biology of Wasps; Cornell University Press; 1991.