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ACARID

Dictionary entry overview: What does acarid mean?

• ACARID (noun)
The noun ACARID has 1 sense:

1. very small free-living arachnid that is parasitic on animals or plants; related to ticks

Familiarity information: ACARID used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ACARID (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Very small free-living arachnid that is parasitic on animals or plants; related to ticks

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("acarid" is a kind of...):

mite (any of numerous very small to minute arachnids often infesting animals or plants or stored foods)

Holonyms ("acarid" is a member of...):

Acaridae; family Acaridae (mites)

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