DRY-WOOD TERMITE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dry-wood termite mean? 

• DRY-WOOD TERMITE (noun)
  The noun DRY-WOOD TERMITE has 1 sense:

1. any of various termites that live in and feed on dry wood that is not connected with the soil

  Familiarity information: DRY-WOOD TERMITE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DRY-WOOD TERMITE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various termites that live in and feed on dry wood that is not connected with the soil

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("dry-wood termite" is a kind of...):

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dry-wood termite"):

Cryptotermes brevis; powder-post termite (extremely destructive dry-wood termite of warm regions)