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cheese mite

noun

  1. a white soft-bodied free-living mite, Tyrophagus (or Tyroglyphus ) longior, sometimes found in decaying cheese
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Another common genus is Tyroglyphus, which includes the common cheese mite, T. siro.

Of these the most commonly met with is Tyroglyphus siro, the cheese-mite.

The cheese-mite can hardly be seen without the aid of the microscope.

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