order isoptera

1. Order of social insects that live in colonies, including: termites;
   Often placed in subclass Exopterygota (synset 102225370)
   is a type of: animal order - the order of animals
   member holonym:

   • family termitidae, termitidae - termites
   • termite, white ant - whitish soft-bodied ant-like social insect that feeds on wood
   • family rhinotermitidae, rhinotermitidae - large widely distributed family of termites of temperate to tropical regions
   • family mastotermitidae, mastotermitidae - primitive termites
   • family kalotermitidae, kalotermitidae - primitive termites of warm regions
   belongs to: class hexapoda, class insecta, hexapoda, insecta - insects; about five-sixths of all known animal species
   same as: isoptera

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