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Definition of Termitaries
1. termitary [n] - See also: termitary
Lexicographical Neighbors of Termitaries
Literary usage of Termitaries
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"The thorax has the usual three segments and bears simple legs; the abdomen consists
of nine segments. The most remarkable termitaries are those of ..."
2. The Outline of Science: A Plain Story Simply Told by John Arthur Thomson (1922)
"The hills or termitaries, which they build are often twice a man's height and
strong enough to stand upon. In South Africa telegraph posts have to be made ..."
3. The System of Animate Nature: The Gifford Lectures Delivered in the by John Arthur Thomson (1920)
"An approximation to this on the instinctive plane of evolution is to be found in
the bee-hive, in ant-hills, and in termitaries. ..."
4. Darwinism and Human Life: The South African Lectures for 1909 by John Arthur Thomson (1910)
"... up from the broken-down remains of termitaries. Nor should it be forgotten
that the white ants are often used as food. On the other hand, Escherich does ..."
5. French Enterprise in Africa: The Personal Narrative of Lieut. Hourst of His by Hourst, Émile Auguste Léon Hourst, Nancy R. E. Meugens Bells (1898)
"We felt it would be prudent to restrict the camp, properly so called, to the
northern point of the island, and taking six termitaries as points of support, ..."
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