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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 Mexico
Familiarity information: MASTOTERMES ELECTROMEXICUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• 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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