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harvest mite

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.03 in modern English

Syllables
har-vest mite
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of various mites of family Trombiculidae that inhabit forests and grasslands and which, in their larval stage, attach to various animals including humans and feed on skin, often causing itching.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

harvest mites (plural)

Synonyms

chigger harvest bug harvest louse harvest tick red bug trombiculid mite scrub-itch mite berry bug

Questions

What does harvest mite mean?
Any of various mites of family Trombiculidae that inhabit forests and grasslands and which, in their larval stage, attach to various animals including humans and feed on skin, often causing itching.

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