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White ant   /waɪt ænt/   Listen
White ant

noun
1.
Whitish soft-bodied ant-like social insect that feeds on wood.  Synonym: termite.





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"White ant" Quotes from Famous Books



... of the sugar cane have to be carefully watched, to preserve them from the white ant (Termes fatalis), to attacks from which they are liable until they have begun to shoot. To prevent this injury, the ...
— The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom • P. L. Simmonds


Words linked to "White ant" :   Mastotermes electromexicus, Mastotermes electrodominicus, insect, dry-wood termite, Mastotermes darwiniensis, Reticulitermes flanipes, order Isoptera, Reticulitermes lucifugus, Isoptera, termite


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