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RHINOTERMITIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Rhinotermitidae mean?
• RHINOTERMITIDAE (noun)
The noun RHINOTERMITIDAE has 1 sense:
1. large widely distributed family of termites of temperate to tropical regions
Familiarity information: RHINOTERMITIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large widely distributed family of termites of temperate to tropical regions
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Rhinotermitidae; Rhinotermitidae
Hypernyms ("Rhinotermitidae" is a kind of...):
arthropod family (any of the arthropods)
Holonyms ("Rhinotermitidae" is a member of...):
Isoptera; order Isoptera (order of social insects that live in colonies, including: termites; often placed in subclass Exopterygota)
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