Wood-eating
41Trichonympha — Taxobox color = khaki name = Trichonympha regnum = Protista phylum = Parabasala classis = Parabasalia ordo = Trichomonadida familia = Trichonymphidae genus = Trichonympha Trichonympha is a genus of parabasalian protists that live in the… …
42xylophagous — a. Wood eating, living on wood, feeding on wood, wood nourished …
43Alaskan Way Seawall — The Alaskan Way Seawall is a seawall which runs for 7,000 feet along the Elliott Bay waterfront southwest of downtown Seattle from Bay Street to S. Washington Street. It was built to provide level access to Seattle s piers and supports the… …
44hylophagous — adj. [Gr. hyle, wood; phagein, to eat] Wood eating, as some insects …
45xylophagous — adj. [Gr. xylon, wood; phagein, to eat] Wood eating …
46trichonymph — /trik euh nimf /, n. a flagellated protozoan of the genus Trichonympha that lives in the intestine of wood eating termites, transforming the cellulose in the wood into soluble carbohydrates that can be utilized by the insect. [ < NL; see TRICHO …
47Megarhyssa nortoni — female Scientific classification Kingdom: Animal …
48termite — ter|mite [ˈtə:maıt US ˈtə:r ] n [Date: 1700 1800; : Modern Latin; Origin: termes, from Latin tarmes wood eating worm ] an insect that eats and destroys wood from trees and buildings …
49termite — ter•mite [[t]ˈtɜr maɪt[/t]] n. ent any of numerous pale colored, soft bodied, chiefly tropical, social insects of the order Isoptera that feed on wood, some being highly destructive to buildings, furniture, etc Also called white ant • Etymology:… …
50trichonymph — /trik euh nimf /, n. a flagellated protozoan of the genus Trichonympha that lives in the intestine of wood eating termites, transforming the cellulose in the wood into soluble carbohydrates that can be utilized by the insect. [ NL; see TRICHO ,… …
