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tick
any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis; feed on blood of warm-blooded animals
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mite
any of numerous very small to minute arachnids often infesting animals or plants or stored foods
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hard tick, ixodid
ticks having a hard shield on the back and mouth parts that project from the head
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argasid, soft tick
tick lacking a dorsal shield and having mouth parts on the under side of the head
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web-spinning mite
a mite that spins a web
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acarid
very small free-living arachnid that is parasitic on animals or plants; related to ticks
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trombidiid
mite that in all stages feeds on other arthropods
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trombiculid
mite that as nymph and adult feeds on early stages of small arthropods but whose larvae are parasitic on terrestrial vertebrates
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acarus, genus Acarus
any of several mites of the order Acarina
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itch mite, sarcoptid
whitish mites that attack the skin of humans and other animals
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rust mite
any of several varieties of mite that burrow into plants and cause a reddish-brown discoloration on the leaves or fruit
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spider mite, tetranychid
web-spinning mite that attacks garden plants and fruit trees
