acarid
noun
ac·a·rid ˈa-kə-rəd 
: any of an order (Acari synonym Acarina) of arachnids including the mites and ticks
acarid adjective
Word History
Etymology
acar(us) + -id entry 1, probably after the New Latin order name Acarida or the family name Acaridae
First Known Use
1861, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
acarid
noun
ac·a·rid ˈak-ə-rəd
: any of the order Acari of arachnids
especially : any of the family Acaridae of mites
- interstate
- interstate extradition
- interstate rendition
- interstates
- interstation
- interstellar
- interstellar line
- intersterilities
- intersternite
- interstice
- intersticed
- interstices
- interstimulate
- interstimulation
- interstimulations
- interstimuli
- interstimulus
- interstitial
- interstitial area
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- interstitials
- interstock
- interstrain
- interstrains
- interstrand