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white ant

DEFINITIONS OF: white ant

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n whitish soft-bodied ant-like social insect that feeds on wood

Synonyms:
termite
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dry-wood termite
any of various termites that live in and feed on dry wood that is not connected with the soil
Reticulitermes flanipes
destructive United States termite
Reticulitermes lucifugus
destructive European termite
Mastotermes darwiniensis
Australian termite; sole living species of Mastotermes; called a living fossil; apparent missing link between cockroaches and termites
Mastotermes electromexicus
an extinct termite found in amber in southern Mexico
Mastotermes electrodominicus
extinct termite found in amber in the Dominican Republic
Cryptotermes brevis, powder-post termite
extremely destructive dry-wood termite of warm regions
Type of:
insect
small air-breathing arthropod
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