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Meanings of termite in English

Russian
isoptera
Portuguese
cupim
Catalan
tèrmit
Spanish
isoptera
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Insect.

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        isoptera
        Portuguese
        cupins
        Catalan
        tèrmit
        Spanish
        hormiga blanca

        A soft-bodied insect of the order Isoptera; individuals feed on cellulose and live in colonies with a caste system comprising three types of functional individuals: sterile workers and soldiers, and the reproductives.

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              cupins
              Synonyms
              Examples for "white ant"
              Examples for "white ant"
              1
              They enter the hole, and they destroy every white ant in the building.
              Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon
              2
              The wood is impervious to the attacks of the white ant.
              Spinifex and Sand / A Narrative of Five Years' Pioneering and Ex...
              3
              The white ant can destroy fleets and cities, and the locusts erase a province.
              Endymion
              4
              The innumerable high white ant-hills are the only dry spots.
              Ismailia
              5
              Scientific method is the white ant which will slowly but surely destroy their fortifications.
              Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3
              Usage of termite in English
              1
              He swerved to avoid a termite mound that suddenly loomed into view.
              The clouds beneath the sun
              2
              Perhaps the company erred in hoping for a termite or an ant.
              The mammoth book of the best of best new sf
              3
              With termite grenades you've got to get out of the way quickly.
              Broken angels
              4
              But to make sure, she decided to call in some termite specialists.
              Ghosts
              5
              The house had holes burnt through the floor and live termite nests.
              News.com.au
              6
              The average honeybee, ant or termite has pretty limited options in life.
              BBC
              7
              It swallows the rest of the termite after its head is disconnected.
              BBC
              8
              However, the termite systems are still being studied, and the labs are optimistic.
              Radio NZ
              9
              However, our knowledge of the termite fauna of the Ryukyu Archipelago is insufficient.
              Pubmed
              10
              Working together, small insects can accomplish large tasks, like building thirty-foot termite mounds.
              Wired
              11
              It was this reasoning which led to the so-called termite theory.
              The End of Man?
              12
              The termite... was not repelled, as it made no obvious effort to escape.
              Wired
              13
              Consider termite mounds or beehives or beaver dams-andthose are only Terran examples.
              Fire Season
              14
              An impala recently walked straight into three cheetahs hiding behind a termite mound.
              The South African
              15
              It's believed to resemble the first termite species to evolve eusociality.
              Wired
              16
              Upon closer inspection I discovered they were freshly constructed termite tunnels.
              Conquest of the Useless
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              Catalan
              tèrmit
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