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spint of mijt

English translation: red spider mite or mite; (red spider) mite

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Dutch term or phrase:spint of mijt
English translation:red spider mite or mite; (red spider) mite
Entered by: Henk Peelen

08:50 Oct 4, 2004
Dutch to English translations [Non-PRO]
Botany / Flower
Dutch term or phrase: spint of mijt
Een tweede oplossing kan zijn dat de Bougainvillea last heeft van spint of mijt.


What is the problem of this flower??
Kaori Myatt
France
Local time: 16:28
red spider mite or mite; (red spider) mite
Explanation:
Two animals are mentioned.

Van Dale

spint = red spider mite
mijt = mite (acarid)

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Note added at 2004-10-04 10:41:16 (GMT)
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Kaori:
I think the Dutch word \"of\" has here the meaning of \"ofwel\", so \"spint\" and \"mijt\" have (nearly) the same meaning.

Linguistically, albyrnum would be possible, but it doesn\'t seem logical to me. Could a flower suffer from alburnum? Don\'t think so. I\'d give the third possibility Van Dale gives \"web\" (of a red spider mite / spinning mite) a slightly higher chance than alburnum. But I\'m a boor in every meaning, no botanist.
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Henk Peelen
Netherlands
Local time: 16:28
Grading comment
Thanks so much!!!! The agent admimitted that the English trnalstion was not appropreate! So you were right. It was great Help!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



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2 +4red spider mite or mite; (red spider) mite
Henk Peelen


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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +4
red spider mite or mite; (red spider) mite


Explanation:
Two animals are mentioned.

Van Dale

spint = red spider mite
mijt = mite (acarid)

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Note added at 2004-10-04 10:41:16 (GMT)
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Kaori:
I think the Dutch word \"of\" has here the meaning of \"ofwel\", so \"spint\" and \"mijt\" have (nearly) the same meaning.

Linguistically, albyrnum would be possible, but it doesn\'t seem logical to me. Could a flower suffer from alburnum? Don\'t think so. I\'d give the third possibility Van Dale gives \"web\" (of a red spider mite / spinning mite) a slightly higher chance than alburnum. But I\'m a boor in every meaning, no botanist.

Henk Peelen
Netherlands
Local time: 16:28
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch
PRO pts in category: 7
Grading comment
Thanks so much!!!! The agent admimitted that the English trnalstion was not appropreate! So you were right. It was great Help!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  shineda: I would leave out the 'red'. there are very many different mites and spider mites
34 mins
agree  eldira: Red spider mite, greenfly and white fly are the main culprits > www.hintsandthings.co.uk/garden/bougainvillea.htm; The bougainvillea rust mite was located in ..www.sel.barc.usda.gov/ acari/content/invasivespecies.html.
2 hrs
agree  Leo3 (X)
8 hrs
agree  Mirjam Bonne-Nollen
9 hrs
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