GENUS CRYPTOTERMES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Cryptotermes mean? 

• GENUS CRYPTOTERMES (noun)
  The noun GENUS CRYPTOTERMES has 1 sense:

1. genus of dry wood termites; cosmopolitan in distribution; sometimes considered a subgenus of Kalotermes

  Familiarity information: GENUS CRYPTOTERMES used as a noun is very rare.

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• GENUS CRYPTOTERMES (noun)

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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 ("genus Cryptotermes" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "genus Cryptotermes"):

Cryptotermes brevis; powder-post termite (extremely destructive dry-wood termite of warm regions)

Holonyms ("genus Cryptotermes" is a member of...):

family Kalotermitidae; Kalotermitidae (primitive termites of warm regions)