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MASTOTERMES

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

genus Mastotermes; Mastotermes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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)

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