Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A nest built by a colony of termites underground, aboveground (usually as a mound), or in a tree, or an artificial nest used to house termites in a laboratory.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A termitary; a nest or mound made by termites, or white ants.
- noun A cage or vessel for studying termites under artificial conditions.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
termite colony.
Etymologies
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termite + -arium
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Examples
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When you tire of tolerating the troll trash trust the true tribesman to thrust the tenacious tergiversation of the tormentor of our terpsichorean teacher You been doing a good job of dancing around the fool to the termitarium to which he resides.
Think Progress » Pundit Attacking Muslim Congressman Is Bush Appointee to Holocaust Memorial Board 2006
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People moved through the place as if through the cross-section of a termitarium under glass.
The Striker Portfolio Hall, Adam 1968
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These are always found in every perfect termitarium.
The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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