genus cryptotermes

English Thesaurus

1. genus of dry wood termites; cosmopolitan in distribution; sometimes considered a subgenus of Kalotermes (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	arthropod genus,
definition	:	a genus of arthropods (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	cryptotermes brevis, powder-post termite,
definition	:	extremely destructive dry-wood termite of warm regions (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	family kalotermitidae, kalotermitidae,
definition	:	primitive termites of warm regions (noun.animal)