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MASTOTERMES ELECTROMEXICUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Mastotermes electromexicus mean? 

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

1. an extinct termite found in amber in southern Mexicoplay

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


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MASTOTERMES ELECTROMEXICUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An extinct termite found in amber in southern Mexico

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

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

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

genus Mastotermes; Mastotermes (primitive genus of termites; mostly extinct; sometimes considered the most primitive Isoptera)


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