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MASTOTERMES DARWINIENSIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Australian termite; sole living species of Mastotermes; called a living fossil; apparent missing link between cockroaches and termites
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Mastotermes darwiniensis" is a kind of...):
termite; white ant (whitish soft-bodied ant-like social insect that feeds on wood)
Holonyms ("Mastotermes darwiniensis" is a member of...):
genus Mastotermes; Mastotermes (primitive genus of termites; mostly extinct; sometimes considered the most primitive Isoptera)
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