Adjective
Relating to, or causing, the decay of wood.
Usage- not-comparable
That lives in or feeds on decaying wood.
Usage- not-comparable
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The study says 18% of saproxylic beetles – which depend on dead and decaying wood for some of their lifecycle – now exist on a conservation plane between “vulnerable” and “critically endangered”.
Noun
Any organism that lives in decaying wood