termitarium
/ˌtɜɹ.mɪˈtɛ(ə)ɹ.i.əm/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "The females are winged, but shed all but the stumps of the anterior veins after mating, before entering the termitarium."
- "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."
Etymology
From termite + -arium.