phytoseiid
/ˈfʌɪtəseɪɪd/Zoology
adjective
Designating an arachnid of the family Phytoseiidae, comprising small mites which are wholly or largely predatory.
noun
A phytoseiid mite.
Origin
1950s; earliest use found in Canadian Entomologist. From scientific Latin Phytoseius, genus name + -id, after scientific Latin Phytoseiidae, family name.
- dignity
- dig one's own grave
- digoxin
- digraph
- digraphic
- digress
- digresser
- digression
- digressive
- digressively
- digressiveness
- digs
- dig's one's own grave
- dig the dirt (or dig up dirt)
- dihedral
- dihybrid
- dihydric
- dihydrochalcone
- dihydropyridine
- dihydrotestosterone
- dihydroxyacetone
- Dijon
- Dijon mustard
- dik-dik
- dike