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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A mite of the family Acaridæ and subfamily Tyroglyphinœ, Tyroglyphus (formerly Acarus) siro. It occurs not only in cheese, but in flour, when it is known as the flour-mite, and in milk, when it is called the milk-mite.

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