Acaridae
/əˈkɛːrɪdiː/ /əˈkɑrɪdʌɪ/Zoology
noun
Treated as plural. A family of arachnids, originally comprising the mites and ticks (equivalent to the current subclass Acari), and in later use restricted to certain small mites.
Origin
Early 19th century; earliest use found in William Kirby (1759–1850), entomologist and naturalist. From scientific Latin Acaridae from Acarus + -idae, replacing earlier Acaridiae.
- quarter-breed
- quarter butt
- quarter calf
- quarter-cask
- quarter-caste
- quarter-chord
- quarter circle
- quarter-circular
- quarter cleft
- quarter clift
- quarter clock
- quarter cloth
- quarter column
- quarter-crack
- quarter cut
- quarter day
- quarterdeck
- quarterdecker
- quarter distance
- quarter-elliptic
- quarter-elliptical
- quarterer
- quarter evil
- quarter face
- quarter fee