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spider mite

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.05 in modern English

Syllables
spi-der mite
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the mite family Tetranychidae.

Etymology

From the silk webbing spun by some species.

Inflected Forms

spider mites (plural)

Synonyms

tetranychid

Questions

What does spider mite mean?
Any of the mite family Tetranychidae.
Where does spider mite come from?
From the silk webbing spun by some species.

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