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muthua

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

characteristic of African termites

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • 2018 — Steven Barnes, (2018) "Danakil" (Ch. 10), in Whose Future is It? : Cellarius Stories, Volume 1. Cellarius, Ed., New York: 2018, →ISBN. The refugee tents had sprouted on the desert plain like toadstools in the forest, or the muthua termite mounds at the foot of the eastern mountains.

Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Cf. Kikuyu mũthũa.