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Vespiary vs Termitarium - What's the difference?

vespiary | termitarium | coordinate terms |

Termitarium is a coordinate term of vespiary.



As nouns the difference between vespiary and termitarium

is that vespiary is a nest built by a social wasp species while termitarium is a termite colony.

vespiary

English

Noun

(vespiaries)
  • A nest built by a social wasp species.
  • A colony of wasps living in such a nest.

    • References

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    termitarium

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A termite colony.
  • * 2002 , Frank N. Young, Jr. & Gene Kritsky, A Survey of Entomology , Writers Club Press (2002), ISBN 9780595221431, page 163:
    • 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.
  • * 2010 , P. J. Gullan & P.S. Cranston, The Insects: An Outline of Entomology , Wiley-Blackwell (2010), ISBN 9781444330366, page 332:
    • The females are winged, but shed all but the stumps of the anterior veins after mating, before entering the termitarium .
  • * 2012 , Paul Stenner, "Pattern", in Inventive Methods: The Happening of the Social (eds. Celia Lury & Nina Wakeford), Routledge (2012), ISBN 9780415574815, page 137:
    • 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.

    Coordinate terms

    * anthill, beehive, vespiary