white ant
Noun
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Noun
white ant (plural white ants)
- (informal) A termite.
- 1885 October, Henry Drummond, The White Ant: A Theory, Popular Science Monthly, page 741 ↗,
- The most important point in the work of the white ant remains to be noted. I have already said that the white ant is never seen.
- 1971 June 3, Technology Review: Spoiling the termite′s dinner, New Scientist, page 573 ↗,
- The most voracious cable-muncher in the tropical and sub-tropical parts of Australia is the termite, or white ant, which eats through both lead and polythene sheathings.
- 1990 December 13, Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard), page D.3 ↗,
- Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am happy to hear that the hon. Member appreciates the fact that white ants cause a lot [of] destruction in his area. There is very little we can do about white ants.
- 1995, Bill Sheat, Gerald Schofield, Complete Gardening in Southern Africa, page 424 ↗,
- White ants destroy living plants by removing the epidermal layers, effectively ‘ringbarking’ the subject.
- 2010, David Livingstone, 15: Conversations on Rain-Making, Roy Richard Grinker, Stephen C. Lubkemann, Christopher B. Steiner (editors), Perspectives on Africa: A Reader in Culture, History and Representation, page 246 ↗,
- Our house was built on a hard ferruginous conglomerate, in order to be out of the way of the white ant, but they came in despite the precaution; […] .
- 1885 October, Henry Drummond, The White Ant: A Theory, Popular Science Monthly, page 741 ↗,
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