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saproxyle

French, adjective

saproxyle is a French adjective meaning “saproxylic (living in decaying wood)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Se dit d’une espèce biologique dont le cycle de vie est lié au bois mort (habitat et nutrition)”.

What does saproxyle mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    saproxylic (living in decaying wood)

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Se dit d’une espèce biologique dont le cycle de vie est lié au bois mort (habitat et nutrition).

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of saproxyle

  • saproxyles plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).