dry-wood termite

1. 1.

   any of various termites that live in and feed on dry wood that is not connected with the soil

   Broadertermite

   Narrowerpowder-post termite

Questions about dry-wood termite

What does dry-wood termite mean?

dry-wood termite means "any of various termites that live in and feed on dry wood that is not connected with the soil".

Is dry-wood termite a common word?

dry-wood termite is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.