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MASTOTERMITIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Primitive termites

Synonyms:

family Mastotermitidae; Mastotermitidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Mastotermitidae"):

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

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

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

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