Subscriber login


Forgot your password?

Library card login

Other

Acari

Syllabification: (Ac·a·ri)
Pronunciation: /ˈakəˌrī/

(also Acarina /akəˈrīnə/)
Zoology
Definition of Acari
  • a large order (or subclass) of small arachnids that comprises the mites and ticks. They are distinguished by an apparent lack of body divisions.

Derivatives

acarid

Pronunciation: /-rid/

noun & adjective

Origin:

modern Latin (plural), from acarus, from Greek akari 'mite'

Acari in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of Acari in the British & World English dictionary

Nearby words

  |  Cite

More words in this category

Word of the day

secretagogue

/ siˈkrētəˌgôg /
noun
a substance that promotes secretion …