termite
Noun
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Whitish soft-bodied ant-like social insect that feeds on wood (synset 102225918)
is a type of: insect - small air-breathing arthropodsubtypes:
- dry-wood termite - any of various termites that live in and feed on dry wood that is not connected with the soil
- reticulitermes flanipes - destructive United States termite
- reticulitermes lucifugus - destructive European termite
- mastotermes darwiniensis - Australian termite; sole living species of Mastotermes; called a living fossil; apparent missing link between cockroaches and termites
- mastotermes electromexicus - an extinct termite found in amber in southern Mexico
- mastotermes electrodominicus - extinct termite found in amber in the Dominican Republic
belongs to: isoptera, order isoptera - order of social insects that live in colonies, including: termites; often placed in subclass Exopterygotasame as: white ant
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