tyroglyphidn.adj.
/tʌɪˈrɒɡlɪfɪd/ Zoology.
A. n.
An acarid of the family Tyroglyphidæ, including the cheese-mites.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Arachnida > [noun] > order Acari or family Acaridae > genus Acarus > tyroglyphus domesticus (cheese-mite)
cheese mite1631
milk-mite1861
tyroglyphid1909
1909 in Cent. Dict. Suppl.
B. adj.
Belonging to this family.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Arachnida > [adjective] > relating to or caused by mite > belonging to family Tyroglyphidae
tyroglyphid1909
1909 in Cent. Dict. Suppl.
1914 Brit. Mus.: Return 180 in Parl. Papers (H.C. 186) LXXI. 193.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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n.adj.1909