| NOUN | animal | Isoptera, order Isoptera | order of social insects that live in colonies, including |
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| Meaning | Order of social insects that live in colonies, including: termites; often placed in subclass Exopterygota. | |
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| Synonym | order Isoptera | |
| Member of | Insecta, class Insecta, Hexapoda, class Hexapoda | insects |
| Members | Kalotermitidae, family Kalotermitidae | Primitive termites of warm regions |
| Mastotermitidae, family Mastotermitidae | Primitive termites | |
| Rhinotermitidae, family Rhinotermitidae | large widely distributed family of termites of temperate to tropical regions | |
| Termitidae, family Termitidae | termites | |
| termite, white ant | whitish soft-bodied ant-like social insect that feeds on wood | |
| Broader | animal order | The order of animals |
| Spanish | isópteros | |
| Catalan | isòpters | |
| Adjectives | isopteran | relating to or characteristic of insects of the order Isoptera |
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