powder-post termite

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1. extremely destructive dry-wood termite of warm regions (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	dry-wood termite,
definition	:	any of various termites that live in and feed on dry wood that is not connected with the soil (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	cryptotermes, genus cryptotermes,
definition	:	genus of dry wood termites; cosmopolitan in distribution; sometimes considered a subgenus of Kalotermes (noun.animal)