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Meaning of harvest mite | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Any of various mites of family Trombiculidae that inhabit forests and grasslands and which, in their larval stage, attach to various animals including humans and feed on skin, often causing itching.

Equivalents

Български кърлеж
Français aoutat
Nederlands oogstmijt
Română păducel

Examples

“I wonder what I look like to the intrepid harvest mite, with his six red hungry legs, nosing through the crusted dirt of the Via Solis to find a soft pouch of blood at the base of my forefinger?”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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