أَرَضَةٌ
Root: ارض
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أَرَضَةٌ
[The wood-fretter;] a certain insect that eats wood, well known; it is a white worm, resembling the ant, appearing in the days of the [season called] رَبِيع: there are two kinds: one kind is small, like the large of the
ذَرّ [or grubs of ants]; and this is the bane of wood in particular: or this kind is the bane of wood and of other things, and is a white worm with a black head, not having wings, and it penetrates into the earth, and builds for itself a habitation of clay, or soil; and this is said to be that which ate the staff of Solomon [as is related in the Kur xxxiv. 13, where it is called دَابَّةُ الأَرْضِ, as is said in the A]: the other kind [is the termite, or white ant; termes
fatale of Linn.; called by Forskål termes arda, destructor; and this] is like a large common ant, having wings; it is the bane of everything that is of wood, and of plants; except that it does not attack what is moist, or succulent; and it has legs:
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