TERMITIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Termitidae mean? 

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

1. termites

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• TERMITIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Termites

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Termitidae; Termitidae

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

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Termitidae"):

genus Termes; Termes (type genus of the Termitidae)

genus Reticulitermes; Reticulitermes (includes species highly destructive to structures and living trees)

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

Isoptera; order Isoptera (order of social insects that live in colonies, including: termites; often placed in subclass Exopterygota)