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CRYPTOTERMES

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Genus of dry wood termites; cosmopolitan in distribution; sometimes considered a subgenus of Kalotermes

Synonyms:

Cryptotermes; genus Cryptotermes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Cryptotermes" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Cryptotermes"):

Cryptotermes brevis; powder-post termite (extremely destructive dry-wood termite of warm regions)

Holonyms ("Cryptotermes" is a member of...):

family Kalotermitidae; Kalotermitidae (primitive termites of warm regions)

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