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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 treesplay

  Familiarity information: SPIDER MITE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SPIDER MITE (noun)


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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