Definition of Analgesidae
:a large family of small soft-bodied blind mites that live on birds especially on the feathers
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Analgesidae
plural noun
An·al·ges·i·dae
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ˌanᵊlˈjesədē
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Origin and Etymology of analgesidae
New Latin, from Analges, type genus (from Greek analgēs painless, from an- + -algēs, from algos pain) + -idae
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