oribatidadj.n.

Brit.

/ɒˈrɪbətɪd/,

/ɒrᵻˈbatɪd/, U.S.

/ɔˈrɪbəˌtɪd/,

/ˌɔrəˈbædɪd/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Oribatidae.

Etymology: < scientific Latin Oribatidae, family name (1863 or earlier) < Oribata , genus name (P. A. Latreille in C. N. S. Sonnini Buffon's Hist. Nat. Insectes (1802) III. 65; perhaps < ancient Greek ὀρειβάτης mountain-ranging < ὄρει , dative singular of ὄρος mountain (see oro- comb. form¹) + -βάτης < the stem of βαίνειν to go (see basis n.) + -της , suffix forming agent nouns) + -idae (see -id suffix³). Compare scientific Latin Oribatides, former order name, Oribatida, order name. Compare French Oribatides, plural (1853), German Oribatiden, plural (1868).

Zoology.

A. adj.

Of or relating to the family Oribatidae or order Oribatida of small, dark, oval-bodied free-living mites, which have a thickened integument giving them a leathery appearance.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Arachnida > [adjective] > relating to or caused by mite > of or relating to family Oribatidae

oribatid1880

1880 Amer. Naturalist 14 296 A. D. Michael states in the Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society that after placing some Oribatid mites in one per cent. solution of osmic acid for several hours..they came out..‘all alive and apparently not much the worse’.

1967 M. E. Hale Biol. Lichens vii. 101 The lichens..are in turn infested with oribatid mites that appear to be lichenivorous.

1972 J. Balogh Oribatid Genera of World 15 The Oribatid specimen to be studied is carefully lifted from the lactic acid.

1994 N.Y. Times 22 Nov. c4 (caption) The leaf clusters [of an Australian rainforest tree]..have leaves..each with eight leaflets; their cavelike domatia..hide oribatid mites.

B. n.

An oribatid mite.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Arachnida > [noun] > order Acari or family Acaridae > family Oribatidae > member of

oribatid1886

1869 Amer. Naturalist 3 493 Since many Oribatidæ pass through an Acarus-like stage, he [sc. Claparède], with Gervais, places them next to the Acaridæ.

1875 Encycl. Brit. II. 276/1 The Oribatides in general live on vegetable matter.]

1886 Amer. Naturalist 20 384 The remarkable nymphal stage of an Oribatid (Tegeocranus cepheiformis), during which the mite carries on its back as concentric shields the dorsal portions of all its cast-skins.

1924 Glasgow Herald 12 Jan. 4/2 The hard-shelled ‘beetle-mites’, or Oribatids feed on decaying vegetable matter.

1994 E. E. Ruppert & R. D. Barnes Invertebr. Zool. (ed. 6) xiii. 666/1 The oribatids are the largest and most studied order of free-living mites.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	oribatid
释义	oribatidadj.n. Brit. /ɒˈrɪbətɪd/, /ɒrᵻˈbatɪd/, U.S. /ɔˈrɪbəˌtɪd/, /ˌɔrəˈbædɪd/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Oribatidae. Etymology: < scientific Latin Oribatidae, family name (1863 or earlier) < Oribata , genus name (P. A. Latreille in C. N. S. Sonnini Buffon's Hist. Nat. Insectes (1802) III. 65; perhaps < ancient Greek ὀρειβάτης mountain-ranging < ὄρει , dative singular of ὄρος mountain (see oro- comb. form¹) + -βάτης < the stem of βαίνειν to go (see basis n.) + -της , suffix forming agent nouns) + -idae (see -id suffix³). Compare scientific Latin Oribatides, former order name, Oribatida, order name. Compare French Oribatides, plural (1853), German Oribatiden, plural (1868). Zoology. A. adj. Of or relating to the family Oribatidae or order Oribatida of small, dark, oval-bodied free-living mites, which have a thickened integument giving them a leathery appearance. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Arachnida > [adjective] > relating to or caused by mite > of or relating to family Oribatidae oribatid1880 1880 Amer. Naturalist 14 296 A. D. Michael states in the Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society that after placing some Oribatid mites in one per cent. solution of osmic acid for several hours..they came out..‘all alive and apparently not much the worse’. 1967 M. E. Hale Biol. Lichens vii. 101 The lichens..are in turn infested with oribatid mites that appear to be lichenivorous. 1972 J. Balogh Oribatid Genera of World 15 The Oribatid specimen to be studied is carefully lifted from the lactic acid. 1994 N.Y. Times 22 Nov. c4 (caption) The leaf clusters [of an Australian rainforest tree]..have leaves..each with eight leaflets; their cavelike domatia..hide oribatid mites. B. n. An oribatid mite. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Arachnida > [noun] > order Acari or family Acaridae > family Oribatidae > member of oribatid1886 1869 Amer. Naturalist 3 493 Since many Oribatidæ pass through an Acarus-like stage, he [sc. Claparède], with Gervais, places them next to the Acaridæ. 1875 Encycl. Brit. II. 276/1 The Oribatides in general live on vegetable matter.] 1886 Amer. Naturalist 20 384 The remarkable nymphal stage of an Oribatid (Tegeocranus cepheiformis), during which the mite carries on its back as concentric shields the dorsal portions of all its cast-skins. 1924 Glasgow Herald 12 Jan. 4/2 The hard-shelled ‘beetle-mites’, or Oribatids feed on decaying vegetable matter. 1994 E. E. Ruppert & R. D. Barnes Invertebr. Zool. (ed. 6) xiii. 666/1 The oribatids are the largest and most studied order of free-living mites. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1880
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