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TETRANYCHID

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Web-spinning mite that attacks garden plants and fruit trees

Synonyms:

spider mite; tetranychid

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("tetranychid" 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 "tetranychid"):

Panonychus ulmi; red spider; red spider mite (small web-spinning mite; a serious orchard pest)

Holonyms ("tetranychid" is a member of...):

family Tetranychidae; Tetranychidae (plant-feeding mites)

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