Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or belonging to the Acarida or Acaridæ.
- noun One of the Acarida.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) One of a group of arachnids, including the mites and ticks.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun zoology A member of the sub-class
Acarina ofarachnids , which includesmites andticks .
Etymologies
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From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀκαρί (akari, "mite")
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