different between anthill vs termitarium

English

Etymology

From Middle English ametehul, from Old English ?methyll (“anthill”), equivalent to ant +? hill.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ænt.h?l/

Noun

anthill (plural anthills)

1. A cone-shaped formation constructed from sediment and other available materials by ants or termites. The colony nests underneath this cone.

Translations

English

Etymology

termite +? -arium

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t??.m??t?(?)?.i.?m/

Noun

termitarium (plural termitariums or termitaria)

1. A termite colony.
   • 2002, Frank N. Young, Jr. & Gene Kritsky, A Survey of Entomology, Writers Club Press (2002), ?ISBN, 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, 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, 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

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