Varroa

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Translingual

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Varroa destructor (female) on the head of a bee nymph

Etymology

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New Latin, from Latin Varro (a surname), after the Roman scholar and writer Marcus Terentius Varro, who also kept bees, +‎ -a

Proper noun

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Varroa f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Varroidae – certain mites parasitic on honeybees.

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