单词 | acarine |
释义 | acarineadj.n. A. adj. Zoology. Belonging to the arachnid group Acarina (or Acari), which comprises the mites and ticks; designating or relating to this group.The Acarina are now usually regarded as a subclass. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Arachnida > [adjective] > relating to or caused by mite acarine1806 acaridan1835 acaroid1835 acarian1845 acaridian1852 1806 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. VI. ii. 463 What may be not improperly called the Acarine Itch was however known in very ancient times. 1828 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. I. iv. 98 The cause of either the pedicular or acarine disease. 1905 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 65 283 Another acarine pest now almost universally known is the Black-currant Gall Mite. 1967 Systematic Zool. 16 178/2 The acarine genus Dermanyssus De Geer..comprises a cosmopolitan group of nidicolous, hematophagous ectoparasites of birds. 2007 Lincs. Echo (Nexis) 2 Mar. 4 It was not until 1921 that it was found to be caused by the Acarine mite, a kind of parasite. B. n. 1. Zoology. An arachnid of the group Acarina (or Acari); a mite or tick. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Arachnida > [noun] > order Acari or family Acaridae > member of (mite) wormc1000 miteOE minta1500 acarus1657 acaridan1835 acarine1835 acaroid1842 acaridian1857 acarian1860 acarid1861 1835 W. Kirby Power, Wisdom, Goodness God Manifested in Creation Animals II. 18 Dr Leach..forms five classes, viz. Crustaceans, Arachnoidans, Acarines, Myriapods, and Insects. 1891 Athenæum 19 Dec. 837/2 Association..between certain acarines of the family Gamasidæ and certain species of ants. 1961 J. L. Cloudsley-Thompson & J. Sankey Land Invertebr. xi. 122 The largest Acarines are the ticks which, after a meal of blood, may exceed the size of a small pea. 1971 W. D. Fronk in R. E. Pfadt Fund. Appl. Entomol. (ed. 2) vii. 199 Resistance to insecticides has been discovered in 224 species of insects and acarines. 2008 BMC Genomics 9 555/1 Most of the abundant transcripts (66%) showed the highest matches to ticks or other acarines. 2. = acarine disease n. at Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > parasitic disorders > [noun] > other parasites dracontiasis1885 opisthorchiasis1907 leishmaniosis1911 onchocerciasis1911 leishmaniasis1912 dracunculosis1914 lambliasis1916 giardiasis1919 acarine1924 toxoplasmosis1934 dracunculiasis1942 anisakiasis1962 cryptosporidiosis1971 1924 Aberdeenshire & Kincardineshire Bee-Keepers' Assoc.: List of Members & Rep. 1923 (Brit. Bee-keepers' Assoc.) 17 Acarine is still evident, but already seems less a worry now some definite scheme of treatment seems at hand. 1973 Times 19 Apr. 27/5 It is against these very diseases, notably the two ‘foul brood’ types, but not forgetting acarine and nosema, that the Ministry is acting. 1996 Economist 14 Sept. 120/3 He cross-bred Italian bees, which were free of acarine, with some of the abbey's bees that had eluded the disease. Compounds acarine disease n. a disease of honeybees caused by the mite Acarapis woodi which infests the tracheae, potentially rendering them unable to fly; also called Isle of Wight disease. ΚΠ 1921 J. R. G. Digges Pract. Bee Guide xxix. 200 The mites..are believed to be the cause of what has hitherto been known as ‘Isle of Wight Disease,’ for which name it is proposed to substitute the title ‘Acarine Disease’. 1955 Nature 8 Jan. 91 It has been suggested from time to time that there may be relationships between acarine disease of honeybees and weather or other environmental factors. 2008 C. Belknap Compl. Guide Beekeeping 145 Acarine Disease: Occurs when Acarapis woodi mites get into the bee tracheae, causing a distended abdomen and disjointed wings, making flight impossible. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.1806 |
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