ISOPTERA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Isoptera mean? 

• ISOPTERA (noun)
  The noun ISOPTERA has 1 sense:

1. order of social insects that live in colonies, including: termites; often placed in subclass Exopterygota

  Familiarity information: ISOPTERA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ISOPTERA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Order of social insects that live in colonies, including: termites; often placed in subclass Exopterygota

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Isoptera; order Isoptera

Hypernyms ("Isoptera" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Isoptera"):

family Termitidae; Termitidae (termites)

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

family Rhinotermitidae; Rhinotermitidae (large widely distributed family of termites of temperate to tropical regions)

family Mastotermitidae; Mastotermitidae (primitive termites)

family Kalotermitidae; Kalotermitidae (primitive termites of warm regions)

Holonyms ("Isoptera" is a member of...):

class Hexapoda; class Insecta; Hexapoda; Insecta (insects; about five-sixths of all known animal species)