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family tetranychidae

 

Definitions from WordNet

Noun family tetranychidae has 1 sense
  1. Tetranychidae, family Tetranychidae - plant-feeding mites
    --1 is a kind of arthropod family
    --1 is a member of Acarina, order Acarina
    --1 has members: spider mite, tetranychid; Panonychus, genus Panonychus

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Family Tetranychidae

Description:

The family Tetranychidae is a group of spider mites that belong to the class Arachnida. These small arachnids are known for being highly destructive agricultural pests.

Senses:

Sense 1:

Noun

A taxonomic family of mites

Example sentence: The family Tetranychidae includes several species that wreak havoc on tomato plants.

Sense 2:

Adjective

Relating to or characteristic of the family Tetranychidae

Example sentence: The infestation was identified as a Tetranychidae outbreak due to visible webbing and tiny red mites.

Sense 3:

Plural noun

Mites belonging to the family Tetranychidae

Example sentence: The farmer used a natural predator to control the population of Tetranychidae.

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