MASTOTERMES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Mastotermes mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• 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 ("Mastotermes" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "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 ("Mastotermes" is a member of...):

family Mastotermitidae; Mastotermitidae (primitive termites)