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Anthill vs Termitary - What's the difference?

anthill | termitary |

As nouns the difference between anthill and termitary

is that anthill is a cone-shaped formation constructed from sediment and other available materials by ants or termites the colony nests underneath this cone while termitary is an anthill built and occupied by termites.

anthill

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A cone-shaped formation constructed from sediment and other available materials by ants or termites. The colony nests underneath this cone.

    • See also

    * Myrmidon * myrmidon

    termitary

    English

    Noun

    (termitaries)
  • An anthill built and occupied by termites.
  • * 1995 , Anthony Ronald Entrican Sinclair, Peter Arcese, Serengeti II: dynamics, management, and conservation of an ecosystem
    • Termites are also an important component of the dwarf mongoose diet, but this effect of termitaries on mongoose distribution is likely to be secondary.