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white ant

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white ant: see termite termite or white ant, common name for a soft-bodied social insect of the order Isoptera. Termites are easily distinguished from ants by comparison of the base of the abdomen, which is broadly joined to the thorax in termites; in ants, there is
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white ant [′wīt ′ant]
(invertebrate zoology)
termite


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