Isoptera
/ʌɪˈsɒptərə
/plural noun Entomology
An order of insects that comprises the termites.Sociality has evolved multiple times, most notably in the Hymenoptera and Isoptera....
- Treeswifts hunt opportunistically and frequently feed on Isoptera and Coleoptera (beetles).
- Insects in the order Isoptera, are better known for eating timber than for being eaten themselves.
Derivatives
isopteran
Origin
Modern Latin (plural), from Greek isos 'equal' + pteron 'wing'.
- flowerage
- flower arrangement
- flower arranger
- flower arranging
- flower bed
- flower beetle
- flower children
- flowered
- flowerer
- flower essence
- floweret
- flower garden
- flower girl
- flower head
- floweriness
- flowering
- flowering cherry
- flowering currant
- flowering plant
- flowering quince
- flowering rush
- flowerless
- flower-like
- flowerpecker
- flowerpot