genus mastotermes

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   primitive genus of termites; mostly extinct; sometimes considered the most primitive Isoptera

   SynonymsMastotermes

   Broaderarthropod genus

   Part ofMastotermitidae

Questions about genus mastotermes

What does genus mastotermes mean?

genus mastotermes means "primitive genus of termites; mostly extinct; sometimes considered the most primitive Isoptera".

What is another word for genus mastotermes?

Close synonyms include Mastotermes. 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 mastotermes a common word?

genus mastotermes 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.