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noun
- A white bodied, wood consuming insect of the order Isoptera.
Translations: - Dutch: termiet
- French: termites
- German: Termite
- Italian: termiti
(trans-mid)
- Spanish: termitas
Etymology: appendix:Glossaryback-formation, Back-formation termites was the three-syllable plural of termes but the singular was lost, the plural given two syllables, and now we have termite and termites.From Latin termes, as in 'terminal', meaning those that terminate, or destroy.
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