Dictionary entry

Termes

Webster's Dictionary 1913

‖Ter″mes (tẽr″mēz), n.; pl.Termites (–mĭ‐tēz). [L. termes, tarmes, -itis, a woodworm. Cf. Termite.] (Zoöl.) A genus of Pseudoneuroptera including the white ants, or termites. See Termite.