Tēr'mēz, n.

n.; pl. TĒR'MI-TĒS. [Lat. termes, tar-mes, gen. tar-mi'tis, a wood-worm; Fr. termes, termite. Cf. TERMITE.] A neuropterous insect; a species of ant mostly found within the tropics, and which is very destructive to trees, wood-work, as of houses, and the like; white ant.