Akademik

Reticulitermes

noun

includes species highly destructive to structures and living trees

• Syn: ↑genus Reticulitermes

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Termitidae, ↑family Termitidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑Reticulitermes flanipes, ↑Reticulitermes lucifugus

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\\rə̇|tikyələ+\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from reticul- + Termes

: a widely distributed genus of termites that includes several forms common in the United States

Useful english dictionary. 2012.