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
• Member Meronyms: ↑powder-post termite, ↑Cryptotermes brevis
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\\|krip(ˌ)tō+\ nounUsage: capitalized
: a cosmopolitan genus of dry-wood termites that is sometimes considered a subgenus of Kalotermes — see powder-post termite
Useful english dictionary. 2012.