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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Examples for "isoptera "
1 He has just given the Natural Museum a million of these isoptera .
1 He swerved to avoid a termite mound that suddenly loomed into view.
2 Perhaps the company erred in hoping for a termite or an ant.
3 With termite grenades you've got to get out of the way quickly.
4 But to make sure, she decided to call in some termite specialists.
5 The house had holes burnt through the floor and live termite nests.
6 The average honeybee, ant or termite has pretty limited options in life.
7 It swallows the rest of the termite after its head is disconnected.
8 However, the termite systems are still being studied, and the labs are optimistic.
9 However, our knowledge of the termite fauna of the Ryukyu Archipelago is insufficient.
10 Working together, small insects can accomplish large tasks, like building thirty-foot termite mounds.
11 It was this reasoning which led to the so-called termite theory.
12 The termite ... was not repelled, as it made no obvious effort to escape.
13 Consider termite mounds or beehives or beaver dams-andthose are only Terran examples.
14 An impala recently walked straight into three cheetahs hiding behind a termite mound.
15 It's believed to resemble the first termite species to evolve eusociality.
16 Upon closer inspection I discovered they were freshly constructed termite tunnels.
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Termite в диалектах
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