Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913 Termes Ter′mes (tẽr′mēz), n.; pl. Termites (-mĭ·tēz). [L. termes, tarmes, -itis, a woodworm. Cf. Termite.] (Zoöl.) A genus of Pseudoneuroptera including the white ants, or termites. See Termite. ‹ Termer Terminable ›