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MASTOTERMITIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Mastotermitidae mean?
• MASTOTERMITIDAE (noun)
The noun MASTOTERMITIDAE has 1 sense:
1. primitive termites
Familiarity information: MASTOTERMITIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Primitive termites
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Mastotermitidae; Mastotermitidae
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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