Sentence examples for termite of from inspiring English sources

But the termite of the year award must go to Thora Birch, Scarlett Johansson, Steve Buscemi, Terry Zwigoff and Daniel Clowes, for "Ghost World," the nearest thing to a burrowing insect masterpiece we could have without descending irredeemably into oxymoron.

The human being is faced with two kinds of invisible and dangerous termites: (1) The termite of 'what would have happened if …?' (2) The termite of 'when …?' These two types of termites eat away human life.

We studied how the internal mound temperature of Macrotermes natalensis, a dominant mound-building termite of the subtropical savanna of southern Africa, responds to a number of environmental variables.

"They are the termites of society," she says, her voice soft and high.

We sometimes think of Synalpheus shrimp as the termites of the marine world.

But these are not terrorists or agents of espionage; they are aging worker termites of the species Neocapritermes taracua.

Eventually dugouts, galleys, schooners, and frigates appeared as a side dish, and shipworms became notorious as the termites of the sea.

For example, while wood might have been good to use for CTC cabinets, the swarming termites of Brazil's tropical regions made metal the only choice.

For any termireactor to function sustainably, it has to be ensured that the workers keep coming from termite nests where the workers are being born and reared continuously (along with, of course, other termites of higher caste viz soldiers).

Within the sampled termites of the genus Microtermes, four main COI lineages were found.

Termites of the subfamily Macrotermitinae live in a mutualistic symbiosis with basidiomycete fungi of the genus Termitomyces.