- family Mastotermitidae
- nounprimitive termites• Syn: ↑Mastotermitidae• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family• Member Holonyms: ↑Isoptera, ↑order Isoptera• Member Meronyms: ↑Mastotermes, ↑genus Mastotermes
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family Mastotermitidae
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Mastotermitidae — prop. n. A natural family comprising primitive termites. Syn: family {Mastotermitidae}. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Mastotermitidae — noun primitive termites • Syn: ↑family Mastotermitidae • Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family • Member Holonyms: ↑Isoptera, ↑order Isoptera • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
arthropod family — noun any of the arthropods • Hypernyms: ↑family • Hyponyms: ↑Phalangiidae, ↑family Phalangiidae, ↑Argiopidae, ↑family Argiopidae, ↑orb weaver, ↑Theridiidae, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Mastotermes — Giant Northern Termite Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum … Wikipedia
Isoptera — noun order of social insects that live in colonies, including: termites; often placed in subclass Exopterygota • Syn: ↑order Isoptera • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Insecta, ↑class Insecta, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
order Isoptera — noun order of social insects that live in colonies, including: termites; often placed in subclass Exopterygota • Syn: ↑Isoptera • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Insecta, ↑class Insecta, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
genus Mastotermes — noun primitive genus of termites; mostly extinct; sometimes considered the most primitive Isoptera • Syn: ↑Mastotermes • Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Mastotermitidae, ↑family Mastotermitidae … Useful english dictionary
Mastotermes — noun primitive genus of termites; mostly extinct; sometimes considered the most primitive Isoptera • Syn: ↑genus Mastotermes • Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Mastotermitidae, ↑family Mastotermitidae … Useful english dictionary
termite — /terr muyt/, n. any of numerous pale colored, soft bodied, chiefly tropical social insects, of the order Isoptera, that feed on wood, some being highly destructive to buildings, furniture, etc. Also called white ant. [1775 85; taken as sing. of… … Universalium
Termite — Not to be confused with Termit (disambiguation), Thermite, or Turmite. This article is about insects. For other uses, see Termite (disambiguation). Termite Temporal range: 228–0 Ma … Wikipedia
