ξυλοφθόρος

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κάλλιστον ἐφόδιον τῷ γήρᾳ ἡ παιδεία (Aristotle, quoted by Diogenes Laertius 5.21) → the finest provision for old age is education

Source

German (Pape)

[Seite 281] Holz verderbend, σκωλήκιον, Arist. H. A. 5, 32.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ξῠλοφθόρος: ὁ, σκωλήκιόν τι φθεῖρον τὸ ξύλον, π. τὰ Ζ. Ἱστ. 5. 32, 3.

Greek Monolingual

ξυλοφθόρος, ὁ, ἡ ξυλοφθόρος, τὸ (Α)
είδος σκουληκιού που καταστρέφει τα ξύλα.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ξύλον + -φθόρος (< φθείρω), πρβλ. λινο-φθόρος.