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ac⋅a⋅rid

  [ak-uh-rid]
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–noun
1. an acarine, esp. a mite of the family Acaridae.
–adjective
2. of or pertaining to an acarid.
Origin:
1875–80; acar(us) + -id 2
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mite

1  [mahyt]
–noun
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
Also called acarid.

Origin:
bef. 1000; ME myte, OE mīte; c. MD mīte, OHG miza midge
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ac·a·rid   (āk'ə-rĭd)   
n.  An arachnid of the order Acarina, which includes the mites and ticks.

[From New Latin Acaridae, family name, from Acarus, type genus, from Greek akari, a kind of mite.]
ac'a·rid adj.
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Word Origin & History

mite  (1)
"tiny animal," O.E. mite, from P.Gmc. *miton (cf. M.Du. mite, O.H.G. miza, Dan. mide) originally meaning perhaps "the cutter" (from P.Gmc. *mait-, cf. Goth. maitan, O.H.G. meizen "to cut") in reference to its bite. More likely etymology is that its original sense is "something small" (from PIE *mei- "small") in reference to size.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: ac·a·rid
Pronunciation: 'ak-&-r&d
Function: noun
: any of the order Acarina of arachnids; especially : anyof the family Acaridae of mites —acarid adjective

Main Entry: mite
Pronunciation: 'mIt
Function: noun
: any of numerous small to very minute arachnids of the order Acarina that have a body without aconstriction between the cephalothorax and abdomen, mandibles generally chelate or adapted for piercing, usually four pairs of short legs in the adult and but three in the young larvae, and oftenbreathing organs in the form of tracheae and that include parasites of insects and vertebrates some of which are important disease vectors, parasites of plants in which they frequently cause gallformation, pests of various stored products, and completely innocuous free-living aquatic and terrestrial forms —see ITCHMITE
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acarid ac·a·rid (āk'ə-rĭd)
n.
An arachnid of the order Acarina.

ac'a·rid adj.

mite 1 (mīt)
n.
Any of numerous small or minute arachnids of the order Acarina, certain species of which are parasitic on animals and plants, infest stored food products, and in some cases transmit disease.

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acarid

any member of the subgroup of the arthropod class Arachnida that includes the mites and ticks.

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