FAMILY MASTOTERMITIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Mastotermitidae mean? 

• FAMILY MASTOTERMITIDAE (noun)
  The noun FAMILY MASTOTERMITIDAE has 1 sense:

1. primitive termites

  Familiarity information: FAMILY MASTOTERMITIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY MASTOTERMITIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Primitive termites

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Mastotermitidae; Mastotermitidae

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

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "family Mastotermitidae"):

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

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

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