termite /'txmait; 'Omait/ n insect (popularly but wrongly called white ant), found chiefly in tropical areas, very destructive to timber, textiles, etc and which makes large hills of hard earth. 慰 (一般人誤稱為 white anf, 主要產(chǎn)于熱帶地區(qū)，對(duì)木材、紡織品等極具破壞力，以硬土營(yíng)埋) 。 → the illus at insect 參看 insect 之插圖。