等翅目

děngchìmù
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Isoptera (former taxonomic order of termites)

Examples

HSK 7-9
Báiyǐ yǐqián guīrù děngchìmù.
Termites were formerly classified under Isoptera.
HSK 7-9
Xiàndài fēnlèi xué yǐ jiāng děngchìmù bìngrù fěilián mù.
Modern taxonomy has merged Isoptera into Blattodea.

Tips

history
等翅 literally means "equal wings," describing how termite winged reproductives have fore- and hindwings of similar size, unlike ants. As of the 2000s, molecular phylogenetics reclassified termites as social cockroaches within Blattodea, and Isoptera is no longer a valid order.

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