Cryptotermes

noun

Cryp·​to·​termes

¦krip(ˌ)tō+

: a cosmopolitan genus of dry-wood termites that is sometimes considered a subgenus of Kalotermes see powder-post termite

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from crypt- + Termes

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