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whitish mites that attack the skin of humans and other animals
itch mites cause scabies
How To Use itch mite In A Sentence
- Even a century later, had physicians made better use of their microscopes, they could hardly have overlooked such an easily found parasite as the itch mite, which is quite as easily detected as the cheese mite, pictured in Hooke's book. A History of Science: in Five Volumes. Volume II: The Beginnings of Modern Science
- itch mites cause scabies
- The depluming itch mite is a burrowing mite that can cause feather loss and stimulate cannibalism.