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CRYPTOTERMES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Cryptotermes mean?
• CRYPTOTERMES (noun)
The noun CRYPTOTERMES has 1 sense:
1. genus of dry wood termites; cosmopolitan in distribution; sometimes considered a subgenus of Kalotermes
Familiarity information: CRYPTOTERMES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of dry wood termites; cosmopolitan in distribution; sometimes considered a subgenus of Kalotermes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Cryptotermes; genus Cryptotermes
Hypernyms ("Cryptotermes" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "Cryptotermes"):
Cryptotermes brevis; powder-post termite (extremely destructive dry-wood termite of warm regions)
Holonyms ("Cryptotermes" is a member of...):
family Kalotermitidae; Kalotermitidae (primitive termites of warm regions)
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