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Noun: Isoptera
  1. Order of social insects that live in colonies, including: termites; often placed in subclass Exopterygota
    - order Isoptera

See also: isopteran

Type of: animal order

Part of: class Hexapoda, class Insecta, Hexapoda, Insecta

Encyclopedia: Isoptera