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n. A reddish-brown, oval mite (Varroa jacobsoni) that is a parasite of honeybees.

n. Infestation with the mite Varroa destructor, or the disease caused by such mites

"Granma (which, now that I've said it a few times, is a really bad name for any magazine except the house organ of the American Association of Retired People) had "compelling" "evidence" of the U.S. attack, claiming that if the parasite, which is known as varroa, had infiltrated the island naturally, it would've spread from east to west."

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