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cheese mite

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noun

  1. a white soft-bodied free-living mite, Tyrophagus (or Tyroglyphus ) longior, sometimes found in decaying cheese

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Perhaps the visitors pay their respects at the cheese mite memorial outside.

From New York Times • Jun. 24, 2015

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

From Directions for Collecting and Preserving Insects by Riley, C. V.

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