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Definition of Termitary
1. [n -RIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Termitary
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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