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- noun Plural form of
termite .
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Log in to Reply colonel-yum-yum (UID#2597) on October 27th, 2009 at 11: 36 am termites is plural.
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Leadbetter says one of the extraordinary things about termites is not how much ethanol they might make, but how little methane they produce.
Gut Reactions 2008
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Leadbetter says one of the extraordinary things about termites is not how much ethanol they might make, but how little methane they produce.
Gut Reactions 2008
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At first, the termites were the lone, troublesome exceptions.
SuperCooperators Martin A. Nowak 2011
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These hillocks are the habitations of those curious small pale-coloured and soft-bodied insects called termites, or white ants.
The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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We also wanted someone to take a look at a damaged piece of siding on our home's exterior: We wondered if it harbored wood-boring insects, such as termites or carpenter ants.
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Botha, addressing a Pretoria news conference, compared the ANC with "a wooden ceiling riddled with termites which is fine until it comes crashing down".
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It also harbours different kinds of insects such as termites that can quickly destroy timber.
4. Roof structure 1993
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Anyways, Bethenny was very upset about the item - and quite paranoid that Jill had also been feeding info to "termites" like
Crushable Erin Carlson 2010
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Anyways, Bethenny was very upset about the item - and quite paranoid that Jill had also been feeding info to "termites" like
Crushable Erin Carlson 2010
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