(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:51:26

Lep"tus (?), n. [NL., from Gr. thin, small.] Zool.

The six-legged young, or larva, of certain mites; -- sometimes used as a generic name. See Harvest mite, under Harvest.

 

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