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Cryptotermes
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+\ noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from crypt- + Termes
: a cosmopolitan genus of dry-wood termites that is sometimes considered a subgenus of Kalotermes — see powder-post termite

Useful english dictionary. 2012.