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spider mite
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spider mite
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spider mite
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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various plant-feeding mites of the family Tetranychidae, esp Panonychus ulmi (red spider mite), which is a serious orchard pest
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Noun1.spider mite - web-spinning mite that attacks garden plants and fruit treesspider mite - web-spinning mite that attacks garden plants and fruit trees
mite - any of numerous very small to minute arachnids often infesting animals or plants or stored foods
family Tetranychidae, Tetranychidae - plant-feeding mites
Panonychus ulmi, red spider, red spider mite - small web-spinning mite; a serious orchard pest


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