Kalotermitidae

noun

primitive termites of warm regions

• Syn: ↑family Kalotermitidae

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Isoptera, ↑order Isoptera

• Member Meronyms: ↑Kalotermes, ↑genus Kalotermes, ↑Cryptotermes, ↑genus Cryptotermes

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\\ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷(ˌ)tərˈmid.əˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Kalotermit-, Kalotermes, type genus + -idae

: a family of primitive termites occurring in most warm regions and including many serious destroyers of wood and growing trees — compare cryptotermes; see dry-wood termite