acarine

acarine
/ak"euh ruyn', -reen", -rin/, n.
1. any of numerous arachnids of the order Acarina, comprising the mites and ticks.
adj.
2. belonging or pertaining to the order Acarina.
Also, acarian /euh kair"ee euhn/.
[1820-30; < NL Acarina name of the order, equiv. to Acar(us) name of the genus (see ACARUS) + -ina, neut. pl. of -inus -INE1]

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