MASTOTERMES ELECTROMEXICUS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

An extinct termite found in amber in southern Mexico

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Mastotermes electromexicus" is a kind of...):

termite; white ant (whitish soft-bodied ant-like social insect that feeds on wood)

Holonyms ("Mastotermes electromexicus" is a member of...):

genus Mastotermes; Mastotermes (primitive genus of termites; mostly extinct; sometimes considered the most primitive Isoptera)

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