wood termites

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• Wood — /wood/, n. 1. Grant, 1892 1942, U.S. painter. 2. Leonard, 1860 1927, U.S. military doctor and political administrator. * * * I Hard, fibrous material formed by the accumulation of secondary xylem produced by the vascular cambium. It is the… …   Universalium

• Wood — Wooden redirects here. For other uses, see Wooden (disambiguation). Heartwood redirects here. For other uses, see Heartwood (disambiguation). This article is about the substance. For small forests, see woodland. For wood as a commodity, see… …   Wikipedia

• wood — wood1 woodless, adj. /wood/, n. 1. the hard, fibrous substance composing most of the stem and branches of a tree or shrub, and lying beneath the bark; the xylem. 2. the trunks or main stems of trees as suitable for architectural and other… …   Universalium

• wood louse — noun 1. : a terrestrial isopod crustacean (suborder Oniscoidea) that has a flattened elliptical body often capable of being rolled into a ball and seven pairs of walking legs, is commonly dull brown or gray, usually lives under stones or bark,… …   Useful english dictionary

• termites — ter·mite || tÉœrmaɪt / tɜː n. wood eating insect, white ant …   English contemporary dictionary

• dry-wood termite — noun any of various termites that live in and feed on dry wood that is not connected with the soil • Hypernyms: ↑termite, ↑white ant • Hyponyms: ↑powder post termite, ↑Cryptotermes brevis * * * noun : any of various termites ( …   Useful english dictionary

• damp-wood termite — noun : any of numerous termites that live in damp decaying wood or moist living wood and do not require a connection with the soil …   Useful english dictionary

• termite — /terr muyt/, n. any of numerous pale colored, soft bodied, chiefly tropical social insects, of the order Isoptera, that feed on wood, some being highly destructive to buildings, furniture, etc. Also called white ant. [1775 85; taken as sing. of… …   Universalium

• Cryptotermes — noun genus of dry wood termites; cosmopolitan in distribution; sometimes considered a subgenus of Kalotermes • Syn: ↑genus Cryptotermes • Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Kalotermitidae, ↑family Kalotermitidae …   Useful english dictionary

• Dalbergia sissoo — Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked) …   Wikipedia

• genus Cryptotermes — noun genus of dry wood termites; cosmopolitan in distribution; sometimes considered a subgenus of Kalotermes • Syn: ↑Cryptotermes • Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Kalotermitidae, ↑family Kalotermitidae …   Useful english dictionary