Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Like an acarian; of or relating to the order Acarina.
- n. A member of the order Acarina or of the genus Acarus.
Wiktionary
- adj. Of or caused by acari or mites; as, acarine diseases.
- adj. Of or caused by acari or mites; as, acarine diseases.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Of or caused by
acari or mites.
WordNet 3.0
- n. mite or tick
Examples
“Species richness and biogeography of non-acarine arachnids in Namibia.”
“OW 1885 OW pteropine bat 1844 O zebrine zebra OW Insects account for six more such terms: acarine mite 1828 OW formicine ant 1885 anopheline mosquito OW”
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Animal Descriptors
Do any of your friends eat like a pig? Sly like a fox? Fast as a cheetah? Maybe these words describe them better
erinaceous, alaudine, phocine, porcine, accipritine, acarine, alopecoid, anatine, anguine, anopheline, apian, arietine and 80 more...
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acar-, acari-, acarin-, acaro-
mite; tick
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