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GENUS MASTOTERMES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Mastotermes mean? 

GENUS MASTOTERMES (noun)
  The noun GENUS MASTOTERMES has 1 sense:

1. primitive genus of termites; mostly extinct; sometimes considered the most primitive Isopteraplay

  Familiarity information: GENUS MASTOTERMES used as a noun is very rare.


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GENUS MASTOTERMES (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Primitive genus of termites; mostly extinct; sometimes considered the most primitive Isoptera

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Mastotermes; Mastotermes

Hypernyms ("genus Mastotermes" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "genus Mastotermes"):

Mastotermes darwiniensis (Australian termite; sole living species of Mastotermes; called a living fossil; apparent missing link between cockroaches and termites)

Mastotermes electromexicus (an extinct termite found in amber in southern Mexico)

Mastotermes electrodominicus (extinct termite found in amber in the Dominican Republic)

Holonyms ("genus Mastotermes" is a member of...):

family Mastotermitidae; Mastotermitidae (primitive termites)


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