| NOUN | animal | termite, white ant | whitish soft-bodied ant-like social insect that feeds on wood |
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| Sounds | ter'mayt | |
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| Rhymes | acolyte ... write: 181 rhymes with ayt... | |
| Meaning | whitish soft-bodied ant-like social insect that feeds on wood. | |
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| Synonym | white ant | |
| Member of | Isoptera, order Isoptera | Order of social insects that live in colonies, including |
| Narrower | Mastotermes darwiniensis | Australian termite |
| Mastotermes electrodominicus | Extinct termite found in amber in the Dominican Republic | |
| Mastotermes electromexicus | An extinct termite found in amber in southern Mexico | |
| Reticulitermes flanipes | destructive United States termite | |
| Reticulitermes lucifugus | destructive European termite | |
| dry-wood termite | Any of various termites that live in and feed on dry wood that is not connected with the soil | |
| Broader | insect | small air-breathing arthropod |
| Spanish | comején, hormiga blanca, isoptera, termes, termita | |
| Catalan | tèrmit | |
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