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FAMILY TERMITIDAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Termites
Synonyms:
family Termitidae; Termitidae
Classified under:
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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