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white ant

نَمْلَةٌ بَيْضاء

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You might as well keep money under the mattress where a 100 quid remains 100, assuming white ants don't chew it all up. www.firstpost.com

At first salmon gum and gimlet wood were used, although these attracted termites (locally known as white ants) and had to be replaced. en.wikipedia.org

It appears to have fallen into a state of disrepair, due chiefly to white ants having eaten into the beams, and was declared unsafe for divine worship. en.wikipedia.org

The troops are badly quartered at all placesin buildings either honeycombed by the white ants or threatening to fall in ruins. en.wikipedia.org

The term is derived from the action of termites (white ants) eating the inside of wooden building foundations, often leaving no outward evidence, until the structure crumbles. en.wikipedia.org

The buildings were closed in 2007 after falling into disrepair from a white ant infestation. www.australiangeographic.com.au

Then the rice is placed inside a nest of white ants. www.smh.com.au

Its coloration is usually black but it can also be black and white ant even brown-gold for rare specimen. en.wikipedia.org

Get a pest controller to check the house out for white ants. www.dailymail.co.uk

You continually want to white ant anything said. reneweconomy.com.au

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