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Fermes vs Termes - What's the difference?

fermes | termes |

As an adjective fermes

is .

As a noun fermes

is .

As a proper noun termes is

.

fermes

English

Noun

(head)
    • ----

    termes

    English

    Noun

    (termites)
  • A (l).
  • * 1781 , (Henry Smeathman) in (Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society) LXXI, page 160:
    • These turret nests, built by two different species of Termites .
  • * 1800 , The Asiatic Annual Register , page 5/2:
    • The termes , or what is called the white ant, infests this island.
  • * 1834 , (Thomas Pringle), African Sketches , chapter viii, page 287:
    • The termes of South Africa is not the destructive species.
  • *

    • Derived terms

    * (l)

    References

    * “ ?Termes]” on page 203/2 of § 2 (T–Th, ed. ) of part ii (Su–Th) of volume IX (Si–Th, 1919) of [[w:Oxford English Dictionary, A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles] (1st ed.) * “ ?termes” in the Oxford English Dictionary (2nd ed., 1989) ----