noun
order of social insects that live in colonies, including: termites; often placed in subclass Exopterygota
• Syn: ↑order Isoptera
• Hypernyms: ↑animal order
• Member Holonyms: ↑Insecta, ↑class Insecta, ↑Hexapoda, ↑class Hexapoda
• Member Meronyms:
Useful english dictionary. 2012.