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Webster 1913 Edition
Leptus
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Lep′tus
(lĕp′tŭs)
, Noun.
[NL., from Gr.
λεπτόσ
thin, small.] (Zool.)
The six-legged young, or larva, of certain mites; – sometimes used as a generic name. See
Harvest mite
, under Harvest
.