OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 16143

termite

/ˈtɜː(ɹ).maɪt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
anay • comején • sepe • termes • termita (polysemic) • térmite
A white-bodied, wood-consuming insect of the infraorder Isoptera, in the order Blattodea.
Linnæus describes this insect under the Latin name of Termes; and citizen Cuvier speaks of it under that of Termites. The vulgar call it by that of white ant, or fourmi vaguevague.…
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