EGAVE

termite

About 0.42 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A colonial insect of the infraorder Isoptera, in the order Blattodea; typically known for certain white-bodied species that devour and infest wood, though other species eat different plant matter, such as grasses.
  2. noun A contemptible person.
  3. verb Of a chimpanzee: to catch termites by inserting a stick or vine into their nest and waiting for them to climb up it.

Similar words

white ant smart mound trouble clever intelligent formosan isopter termitaphidid termite bug

Often followed by

mounds mound control damage nests and attack nest species

Word family

termites white ant

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