1) Ant 2) Borer 3) White ant
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1) Beam eater 2) Boring insect 3) Chlordane victim 4) Destructive insect 5) Home wrecker 6) Home-wrecking bug 7) Homewrecker of a sort 8) House eater 9) House muncher 10) House-eating insect 11) House-eating pest 12) Insect 13) Insect with a taste for wood 14) Little home wrecker 15) Little house wrecker
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Termites are a group of eusocial insects that, until recently, were classified at the taxonomic rank of order Isoptera (see taxonomy below), but are now accepted as the infraorder Isoptera, of the cockroach order Blattodea. While termites are commonly known, especially in Australia, as `white ants,` they are not closely related to the ants. Like.....
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• (n.) Any one of numerous species of pseudoneoropterous insects belonging to Termes and allied genera; -- called also white ant. See Illust. of White ant.
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any of a group of cellulose-eating insects, the social system of which shows remarkable parallels with those of ants and bees, although it has ... [10 related articles]
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Origin: F. See Termes. ... <zoology> Any one of numerous species of pseudoneoropterous insects belonging to Termes and allied genera; called also white ant. ... They are very abundant in tropical countries, and are noted for their destructive habits, their large nests, their remarkable social instincts, and their division of labour among the ...
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Ter'mite noun ;
plural Termites . [ French See
Termes .]
(Zoology) Any one of numerous species of pseudoneoropterous insects belonging to
Termes and allied genera; -- called also
white ant . See
Illust. of
White ant . » They are very abu...
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Termites (Termitidae) are a social insect of the order Isoptera. They are chiefly found in tropical climates and are very destructive to timber.
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The Termite is an American single-seat sporting monoplane designed for home build, first flown in 1957. The Termite is a braced parasol monoplane of mainly wooden construction designed to be powered by a Continental A40-5 four-cylinder horizontally-opposed air-cooled engine providing a top speed of 153 kmh and a range of 240 km.
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n] - whitish soft-bodied ant-like social insect that feeds on wood
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termite (s), termites (pl) Any of numerous pale-colored, usually soft-bodied social insects of the order Isoptera that live mostly in warm regions and many species of which feed on wood, often destroying trees and wooden structures. They are also called 'white ants'; however, termites only superficially resemble ants; their 'white ant' na...
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Isoptera - previously the name given to the Order of insects containing the termites. Recent work has shown that termites are social cockroaches and not a separate Order.
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white ant noun whitish soft-bodied ant-like social insect that feeds on wood
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Any member of the insect order Isoptera. Termites are soft-bodied social insects living in large colonies which include one or more queens (of relatively enormous size and producing an egg every two seconds), much smaller kings, and still smaller soldiers, workers, and immature forms. Termites bu...
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