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• n  whitish soft-bodied ant-like social insect that feeds on wood

• The termite is a pallid, squashy little bug which would be of no importance whatever were it not for its depraved appetite.
• Visions of vegetables dance in his something sleepless head, along with recipes for pork chops figeoise, treatises on termite detection, shopping guides to $44 canvas bags and $1 .
• It is also another way of saying that the power of the termite attack is greater than the power of the human defense.

• white ant

News & Articles

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• Termites Eat Chinese Woman's $65,000 Savings
  A woman in China is regretting not putting her life savings into a bank account after $65,000 of it was eaten by termites. The woman received 400,000 yuan from her children six months ago, and put the money inside a plastic bag. She placed the bag in a wooden drawer, and only discovered the critters had eaten it in April. In an effort to get some of the money back, she took it to an Agricultural ...
  June 14, 2013 - Opposing Views
• Obituaries for June 12
  Mateo D. Balinbin Jr., aka Bradda Boy, 40, of Pahoa, died Monday, May 20, at home in Nanawale Estates. Born in Waianae and raised on the Big Island, he was a former employee of Hilo Termite. His pastimes included picking opihi, driving his truck, riding his dirt bike, playing ukulele and talking on his CB Radio. Friends may call Saturday at Dodo Mortuary Chapel; Visitation from 5-7 p.m ...
  June 12, 2013 - Hawaii Tribune-Herald

Quotes

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• Ron Gardenhire in Leader Post
  I'm not a bat maker and I'm not a termite,Gardenhire told the St. Paul Pioneer Press, "so I can't tell what's good wood and what's bad wood."
• Glenn in Media Newswire (press release)
  High performance in severe weather conditions, less maintenance and termite and mold resistance are some of the reasons why steel framing has come to the forefront as one of the most feasible alternative building materials for residential and... Larry Williams http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Williams&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNE6kbdJ1FGxsklDIRYvYNF8bcd6QQ CNNMoney.com http://www.google.com/url?q=http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/prnewswire/DCTH01216082007-1.htm&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNFHyMFetWjOKmcqOxKmWN-HZCk8HA Aug 16, 2007 99062 131405 termite Swarming of Formosan termite reproductives occur on or near Mother's Day in New Orleans and many other Gulf Coast cities," Glenn said, who conducted his doctoral research on the spread and pest management of the Formosan termites in Texas.