termite
A white-bodied, wood-consuming insect of the infraorder Isoptera, in the order Blattodea.
Other meanings
A contemptible person.
Synonyms
- white ant
A kind of
- insect
Kinds of termite
- dry-wood termite
Related words
- antitermite
- supertermite
- termital
- termitary
- termitic
- termiticidal
- termitophagy
- termitophile
- compass termite
- dampwood termite
- magnetic termite
- termite bug
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “termite” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.