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Record 1 2001-03-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
DEF

Any of an order (Isotera) of pale-colored social insects having a soft body and living in colonies composed of winged forms that mate and wingless workers and soldiers that are sterile: they are very destructive to wooden structures and are found in the temperate zones and esp. in the tropics.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
DEF

Insecte archiptère (à quatre ailes, à pièces buccales broyeuses, à métamorphoses incomplètes) appelé aussi fourmi blanche, qui vit en société et ronge les pièces de bois par l'intérieur.

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