acarid
aca·rid
noun
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very small free-living arachnid that is parasitic on animals or plants; related to ticks
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Circa 19th century; from New Latin Acaridae (“biological family”), from Acarus (“genus”), from acarus (“mite”), from Ancient Greek ἄκαρι (ákari, “mite”). By surface analysis, acar- + -id
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