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tyroglyphid (iou)



tyroglyphid adjective & noun. E20.
[mod. Latin Tyroglyphidae (see below), from Tyroglyphus genus name, from Greek turos cheese + gluphein carve: see -ID3.]
Zoology.
A. adjective. Of, pertaining to, or designating the family Tyroglyphidae, which includes cheese-mites and house-mites. E20.
b. noun. A mite of this family. E20.