Associations to the word «Termite»

Wiktionary

TERMITE, noun. A white-bodied, wood-consuming insect of the infraorder Isoptera, in the order Blattodea.
TERMITE BUG, noun. Any insect in the family Termitaphididae, true bugs found in termite nests in the tropics
TERMITE BUGS, noun. Plural of termite bug

Dictionary definition

TERMITE, noun. Whitish soft-bodied ant-like social insect that feeds on wood.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats