Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A generic name under which six-legged larval forms of various mites, chiefly of the family Trombidiidæ, but also of Tetranychidæ, have been grouped.
- noun A genus of beetles of the family Cueujidæ: same as
Sylvanus .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) The six-legged young, or larva, of certain mites; -- sometimes used as a generic name. See Harvest mite, under
harvest .
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(_Synonym: _ Harvest-mite.) #State the characters of the lesion produced by the leptus.
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine Henry Weightman Stelwagon 1886
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