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FAMILY TERMITIDAE

Dictionary entry overview: What does family Termitidae mean?

• FAMILY TERMITIDAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY TERMITIDAE has 1 sense:

1. termites

Familiarity information: FAMILY TERMITIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• FAMILY TERMITIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

family Termitidae ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Termites

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Termitidae; Termitidae

Hypernyms ("family Termitidae" is a kind of...):

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "family Termitidae"):

genus Termes; Termes (type genus of the Termitidae)

genus Reticulitermes; Reticulitermes (includes species highly destructive to structures and living trees)

Holonyms ("family Termitidae" is a member of...):

Isoptera; order Isoptera (order of social insects that live in colonies, including: termites; often placed in subclass Exopterygota)

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