Medical Dictionary

chicken mite

noun chick·en mite \ˌchik-ən-\

Medical Definition of CHICKEN MITE

:  a small mite of the genus Dermanyssus (D. gallinae) that infests poultry especially in warm regions—called also poultry mite

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