FAMILY RHINOTERMITIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Rhinotermitidae mean? 

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

1. large widely distributed family of termites of temperate to tropical regions

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY RHINOTERMITIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large widely distributed family of termites of temperate to tropical regions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Rhinotermitidae; Rhinotermitidae

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

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

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

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