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SPIDER MITE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does spider mite mean?
• SPIDER MITE (noun)
The noun SPIDER MITE has 1 sense:
1. web-spinning mite that attacks garden plants and fruit trees
Familiarity information: SPIDER MITE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Web-spinning mite that attacks garden plants and fruit trees
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
spider mite; tetranychid
Hypernyms ("spider mite" is a kind of...):
mite (any of numerous very small to minute arachnids often infesting animals or plants or stored foods)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "spider mite"):
Panonychus ulmi; red spider; red spider mite (small web-spinning mite; a serious orchard pest)
Holonyms ("spider mite" is a member of...):
family Tetranychidae; Tetranychidae (plant-feeding mites)
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