genus cryptotermes

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   genus of dry wood termites; cosmopolitan in distribution; sometimes considered a subgenus of Kalotermes

   SynonymsCryptotermes

   Broaderarthropod genus

   Part ofKalotermitidae

Questions about genus cryptotermes

What does genus cryptotermes mean?

genus cryptotermes means "genus of dry wood termites; cosmopolitan in distribution; sometimes considered a subgenus of Kalotermes".

What is another word for genus cryptotermes?

Close synonyms include Cryptotermes. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus cryptotermes a common word?

genus cryptotermes 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.