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from The Century Dictionary.

  • A family of tracheate mites, of the order Acarida, class Arachnida, having the head distinct from the thorax and elongated into a proboscis, chelate cheliceres, long thin raptorial pedipalps, cursorial legs of six or more joints, stigmate near the rostrum, and skeleton composed of sclerites embedded in soft skin.

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