Definition of "wood-boring" [wood-boring]

• Capable of or characterized by boring wood; having the habits of a wood-borer: as, the wood-boring shrimps; wood-boring beetles. See gribble, Limnoria, Cheluridæ, Lymexylon, ship-worm, and teredo.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Or, the gribble, an even smaller wood-boring marine crustacean, whose unique ability to digest cellulose and turn it into energy-rich sugars could provide a key to converting waste products into biofuel."
• "Taxa most likely to expand into tundra are boreal taxa that currently exist in river valleys and could spread into the uplands, or animal groups such as wood-boring beetles that are presently excluded due to a lack of food resources."
• "These groups include wood-boring insects and wooddecaying fungi and their predators [25], as well as mammals and birds that specialize on tree seeds and leaves."