Cytoleichus

noun

Cy·​to·​lei·​chus

: a genus (the type of the family Cytoleichidae) of parasitic mites including only the air-sac mite (C. nudus)

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from cyt- + -leichus (probably from Greek leichein to lick, lick up)

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