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Definition of Termes
1. Noun. Type genus of the Termitidae.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Family Termitidae, Termitidae
Definition of Termes
1. n. A genus of Pseudoneuroptera including the white ants, or termites. See Termite.
Medical Definition of Termes
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Origin: L. Termes, tarmes, -itis, a woodworm. Cf. Termite.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Termes
Literary usage of Termes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. De L'intelligence by Hippolyte Taine (1900)
"Dans une série ou quantité infinie, nous ne pensons pas la totalité de ses termes,
mais quelques-uns de ses termes et un de leurs caractères abstraits ..."
2. Proceedings by International Congress of Americanists (1875)
"Garibay (1) avait raconté le fait comme vrai, presque dans les mêmes termes, sans
toutefois indiquer l'époque ou il se pilotos sabiam e alcançavam por ..."
3. Bradford's History "of Plimoth Plantation.": From the Original Manuscript by William Bradford, Massachusetts General Court, Massachusetts Office of the Secretary of State (1899)
"... held correspondance and termes of freindship with ye English of ye Massachusetts.
... termes ..."
4. The Insect Book: A Popular Account of the Bees, Wasps, Ants, Grasshoppers by Leland Ossian Howard (1901)
"termes flavipes : adult male. (After Marlatt.) At this late date it is almost
hopeless to attempt to change a popular term so thoroughly grafted upon the ..."
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