WHITE ANT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does white ant mean? 

• WHITE ANT (noun)
  The noun WHITE ANT has 1 sense:

1. whitish soft-bodied ant-like social insect that feeds on wood

  Familiarity information: WHITE ANT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WHITE ANT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Whitish soft-bodied ant-like social insect that feeds on wood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

termite; white ant

Hypernyms ("white ant" is a kind of...):

insect (small air-breathing arthropod)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "white ant"):

dry-wood termite (any of various termites that live in and feed on dry wood that is not connected with the soil)

Reticulitermes flanipes (destructive United States termite)

Reticulitermes lucifugus (destructive European termite)

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 ("white ant" is a member of...):

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