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White ant   /waɪt ænt/   Listen
White ant

noun
1.
Whitish soft-bodied ant-like social insect that feeds on wood.  Synonym: termite.






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"White ant" Quotes from Famous Books



... takes off herself when she enters the nest, having no further use for them. There are three kinds of ants in every nest: perfect males and females, and the workers. There are many different races of ants, from the great white ant of Africa—a terror to the natives, though in some respects his good friend—down to the little red-and-yellow meadow ants so common among us. The ants I have told you about, the Rufians and the Fuscans, are natives of America, and are found in ...
— Miss Elliot's Girls • Mrs Mary Spring Corning



Words linked to "White ant" :   Isoptera, Mastotermes darwiniensis, insect, Mastotermes electrodominicus, order Isoptera, Reticulitermes flanipes, Reticulitermes lucifugus, dry-wood termite, Mastotermes electromexicus



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