POWDER-POST TERMITE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does powder-post termite mean? 

• POWDER-POST TERMITE (noun)
  The noun POWDER-POST TERMITE has 1 sense:

1. extremely destructive dry-wood termite of warm regions

  Familiarity information: POWDER-POST TERMITE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POWDER-POST TERMITE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Extremely destructive dry-wood termite of warm regions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Cryptotermes brevis; powder-post termite

Hypernyms ("powder-post termite" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("powder-post termite" is a member of...):

Cryptotermes; genus Cryptotermes (genus of dry wood termites; cosmopolitan in distribution; sometimes considered a subgenus of Kalotermes)