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CRYPTOTERMES BREVIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Extremely destructive dry-wood termite of warm regions
Synonyms:
Cryptotermes brevis; powder-post termite
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Cryptotermes brevis" is a kind of...):
dry-wood termite (any of various termites that live in and feed on dry wood that is not connected with the soil)
Holonyms ("Cryptotermes brevis" is a member of...):
Cryptotermes; genus Cryptotermes (genus of dry wood termites; cosmopolitan in distribution; sometimes considered a subgenus of Kalotermes)
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