termite

CEFRB2

/ˈtɜː(ɹ).maɪt/

noun

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Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

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Of a chimpanzee: to catch termites by inserting a stick or vine into their nest and waiting for them to climb up it.
A white-bodied, wood-consuming insect of the infraorder Isoptera, in the order Blattodea.

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This two faced termite has the nerve to talk.
2019, Justin Blackburn, The Bisexual Christian Suburban Failure Enlightening Bipolar Blues, page 31
Linnæus describes this insect under the Latin name of Termes; and citizen Cuvier speaks of it under that of Termites. The vulgar call it by that of white ant, or fourmi vaguevague. The termites divide themselves into societies: each society builds itself a next, and each nest belongs to an innumerable quantity of these insects, who acknowledge for their chiefs a king and a queen.
1802, Francis William Blagdon, Modern Discoveries; or, a Collection of facts and observations, volume IV, page 162

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Inferred singular of termites, the plural of Latin termes (“woodworm”), which was used for termites by Linnaeus.