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red spider mite — noun a spider mite, Tetranychus urticae, which is a common pest of garden plants. Also, red spider …
Spider mite — Taxobox name = Spider mites image width = 220px image caption = regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda subphylum = Chelicerata classis = Arachnida subclassis = Acari superordo = Acariformes ordo = Prostigmata subordo = Eleutherengona unranked… … Wikipedia
spider mite — noun web spinning mite that attacks garden plants and fruit trees • Syn: ↑tetranychid • Hypernyms: ↑mite • Hyponyms: ↑red spider, ↑red spider mite, ↑Panonychus ulmi … Useful english dictionary
red spider — noun small web spinning mite; a serious orchard pest • Syn: ↑red spider mite, ↑Panonychus ulmi • Hypernyms: ↑spider mite, ↑tetranychid • Member Holonyms: ↑Panonychus, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
spider mite — noun an active plant feeding mite resembling a minute spider. [Tetranychus urticae (red spider mite) and other species.] … English new terms dictionary
Red spider — Red Red, a. [Compar. {Redder} ( d?r); superl. {Reddest}.] [OE. red, reed, AS. re[ a]d, re[ o]d; akin to OS. r[=o]d, OFries. r[=a]d, D. rood, G. roht, rot, OHG. r[=o]t, Dan. & Sw. r[ o]d, Icel. rau[eth]r, rj[=o][eth]r, Goth. r[ a]uds, W. rhudd,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
red spider — n. any of a number of small spider mites that can defoliate plants * * * ▪ mite also called spider mite any of the plant feeding mites of the family Tetranychidae (subclass Acari). Red spiders are a common pest on houseplants (houseplant) … Universalium
Spider mite — Spider Spi der, n.[OE. spi[thorn]re, fr. AS. spinnan to spin; so named from spinning its web; cf. D. spin a spider, G. spinne, Sw. spindel. See {Spin}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of arachnids comprising the order Araneina. Spiders … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
red spider — red′ spi′der n. ivt ent spider mite • Etymology: 1640–50 … From formal English to slang
spider mite — any of numerous, variously colored web spinning mites of the family Tetranychidae, many of which are pests of garden plants and fruit trees. [1865 70] * * * or red spider Any plant feeding mite in the family Tetranychidae, common pests on… … Universalium
