A family of parasitic mites that infest the skin of mammals, causing irritation and disease.
From Latin enicure (to scratch or irritate) + -idae (zoological family suffix). A taxonomic term for a specific group of mites.
These tiny parasites are part of nature's 'sanitation squad gone wrong'—they evolved to live on mammal skin, but somewhere along the way became disease-carriers instead of helpful cleaners.
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