TERMES

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‖Ter″mes (tẽr″mēz), n.; pl. Termites (–mĭ‐tēz). [[L. termes, tarmes, -itis, a woodworm. Cf. Termite.]] (Zoöl.) A genus of Pseudoneuroptera including the white ants, or termites. See Termite.