termite

Any of numerous pale-colored, usually soft-bodied social insects of the order Isoptera that live mostly in warm regions. Many species of termites feed on wood, often destroying trees and wooden structures.

A white ant; any member of the Termitidæ.

Any one of numerous species of pseudoneoropterous insects belonging to Termes and allied genera; — called also white ant. See Illust. of white ant.

A white bodied, wood-consuming insect of the epifamily Termitoidae, order Blattodea.

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