Geddalu: 1 definition

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Geddalu (ಗೆದ್ದಲು):—[noun] any of pale-coloured social insects of the Isoptera order, having a soft body and living in colonies composed of winged forms that mate and wingless workers and soldiers that are usu. sterile or immature, and which are very destructive to wooden structures and are found in the temperate zones and esp. in the tropics; a white ant; a termite.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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