Definition of Termitary

1. Noun. An anthill built and occupied by termites. ¹

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Definition of Termitary

1. [n -RIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Termitary

terminologies
terminologist
terminologists
terminology
terminomic
terminomics
terminus
terminus a quo
terminus ad quem
terminus ante quem
terminus post quem
terminuses
termitaria
termitaries
termitarium
termitary (current term)
termite
termites
termitic
termiticidal
termiticide
termiticides
termless
termlies
termly
termolecular
termone
termonologies
termonology
termor

Literary usage of Termitary

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Half Hours with Insects by Alpheus Spring Packard (1877)
"Besides the winged males and females, which are produced in vast numbers, and which, leaving the termitary in large swarms, may intercross with those ..."

2. The Study of Animal Life by John Arthur Thomson (1892)
"the winged males and females which are produced in vast numbers, and which, leaving the termitary in large swarms, may intercross with those produced in ..."

3. Chambers' Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge by William Chambers, Robert Chambers (1892)
"... the termitary in which they are born, being kept as complementary or reserve reproductive members, useful should not a winged royal pair be forthcoming. ..."

4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"Fritz Miiller has shown that besides the winged males and females there are (in many cases) wingless males and females which never leave the termitary in ..."

5. The Outline of Science: A Plain Story Simply Told by John Arthur Thomson (1922)
"The queen is lying in the royal chamber of the termitary, the door of which, though originally allowing her entrance, is much too small to allow her exit ..."

6. The Outline of Science: A Plain Story Simply Told by John Arthur Thomson (1922)
"A climax along one line is the great termitary exceeding a man's height, built of salivated earth and often with internal furnishings of chewed wood. ..."

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