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Xylon has a checked lexical association with Greek xylon, meaning wood, as reproduced in Collins's account of the combining form xylo-. The dictionary uses that element in words such as xylophone and xylograph. This can supply a woodland or word-history reference for a dog name. The source concerns a Greek lexical element and its later compounds; it does not by itself establish Xylon as a traditional Greek given name or document a particular owner's naming decision.
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- Greek xylon means wood in Collins's account of the combining form xylo-; this is lexical evidence, not a personal-name etymology. Source
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