termes
nounUK /ˈtɜːmiːz/
Etymology From the translingual Termes (genus name), from Late Latin termes, late variant of Classical Latin tarmes (“woodworm”).
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A termite.
- These turret nests, built by two different species of Termites.1781, Henry Smeathman, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, LXXI, page 160:
- The termes, or what is called the white ant, infests this island.1800, The Asiatic Annual Register, page 5/2:
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- The termes of South Africa is not the destructive species.1834, Thomas Pringle, chapter VIII, in African Sketches, page 287:
- Derived terms
- termite