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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The itch-mite, Acarus scabiei.
- noun The acarine Leptus autumnalis, or some similar harvest-bug: so named from the wheals or pimples produced by its bite. See cut under
harvest-mite .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) The harvest mite; -- so called from the
wheals , caused by its bite.
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