rust mite

noun

1. any of various mites that cause brown or reddish patches on leaves and fruit.

Word History and Origins

Origin of rust mite¹

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

For instance, there's the woolly white fly and there's the rust mite and there's the purple scale. and there are a million other pests just as bad.

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The rust mite has gotten at this one.

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That means the rust mite has dried the oil in the skin and made the skin thinner and more brittle.

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