[
US
/ˈtɝmaɪt/
]
[ UK /tˈɜːmaɪt/ ]
[ UK /tˈɜːmaɪt/ ]
NOUN
- whitish soft-bodied ant-like social insect that feeds on wood
How To Use termite In A Sentence
- Pearce , a Zimbabwean architect living in Melbourne, has been inspired by the humble termite.
- Soldiers resemble worker termites, except that they have enlarged brownish heads and strong, well-developed jaws.
- Not for the first time it struck Buncan that Clothahump went through famuli the way an echidna went through termites. The Lives of Felix Gunderson
- The borate ingredient in the fire-protection solution makes the wood a less than ideal food source, so it is resistant to termite and fungal damage as well.
- An adult anteater can eat as many as 30,000 ants or termites in a single day
- Additionally, the foam does not outgas harmful chemicals and it offers no nutritive value to termites.
- The tamandua feeds on ants and termites which it catches with its long, sticky tongue.
- Our yardmen have done such a good job of piling clippings against the foundations that the Empress has termites.
- Termites have invaded the Bundy home and they have to spend the night in Al's shoe store while the house is being fumigated.
- This encourages other bacteria to take hold, then termites discover the soft wood, further adding to the damage.