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Termite

/tˈɜrmaɪt/
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(noun) A white-bodied, wood-consuming insect of the infraorder Isoptera, in the order Blattodea.

Our house has a termite problem.
Flavio created a hybrid between a termite and a bee.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The wooden beams of the old house were severely damaged by a ____ infestation that had gone unnoticed for several years today.

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