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flour mite

flour mite noun: the mite Acarus siro, a pest of stored grains and flour.

Noun

flour mite (plural flour mites)

  1. The mite Acarus siro, a pest of stored grains and flour.

Forms of flour mite

pluralflour mites

Origin of flour mite

From flour + mite, due to their nature of being in flour.

Questions about flour mite

What does flour mite mean?
Flour mite means the mite Acarus siro, a pest of stored grains and flour.
What part of speech is flour mite?
Flour mite is a noun.
What is the plural of flour mite?
The plural of flour mite is flour mites.

Words near flour mite in the dictionary

  1. flour beetles
  2. flour corn
  3. flour gold
  4. flour mill
  5. flour mills
  6. flour mite
  7. flour mites
  8. flour moth
  9. flour moths
  10. flour paste
  11. flour pastes

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