Английский Этимологический словарь - termite
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(termites) Termites are small white insects which live in hot countries in homes made of earth. Termites do a lot of damage by eating wood. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun Etymology: New Latin Termit-, Termes, genus of ~s, from Late Latin, a worm that eats wood, alteration of Latin tarmit-, tarmes; akin to Greek tetrainein to bore — more at throw Date: 1781 any of numerous pale-colored soft-bodied social insects (order Isoptera) that live in colonies consisting usually of winged sexual forms, wingless sterile workers, and soldiers, feed on wood, and include some which are very destructive to wooden structures and trees — called also white ant ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. a small antlike social insect of the order Isoptera, chiefly tropical and destructive to timber. Etymology: LL termes -mitis, alt. of L tarmes after terere rub ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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термит; pl термиты (Isoptera) – eastern subterranean termite – grass-carrying termite – subterranean termites – wood termites ...Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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