POWDER-POST TERMITE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Extremely destructive dry-wood termite of warm regions

Synonyms:

Cryptotermes brevis; powder-post termite

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("powder-post termite" is a kind of...):

dry-wood termite (any of various termites that live in and feed on dry wood that is not connected with the soil)

Holonyms ("powder-post termite" is a member of...):

Cryptotermes; genus Cryptotermes (genus of dry wood termites; cosmopolitan in distribution; sometimes considered a subgenus of Kalotermes)

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