Xylotrya

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Translingual

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek ξύλον (xúlon, sawn wood) + possibly τρύω (trúō, to wear out)

Proper noun

Xylotrya f

  1. (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Teredinidae – certain shipworms.

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