termitarium

plural termitariums · plural termitaria

1. A termite colony.

   The females are winged, but shed all but the stumps of the anterior veins after mating, before entering the termitarium.

   2010, P. J. Gullan, P.S. Cranston, The Insects: An Outline of Entomology, Wiley-Blackwell, →ISBN, page 332

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   When an opening is made in a termitarium, soldiers crowd into the breach, and either stop the invaders or fill the breach with their termite dead.

   2002, Frank N. Young, Jr.; Gene Kritsky, A Survey of Entomology, Writers Club Press, →ISBN, page 163

   Likewise, given time, the initially rather random clay-gathering activity of termites results in a colossal termitarium, thanks to simple innate inclinations such as the preference to deposit one's ball of clay on larger balls of clay.

   2012, Paul Stenner, “Pattern”, in Celia Lury, Nina Wakeford, editors, Inventive Methods: The Happening of the Social, Routledge, →ISBN, page 137