Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Like an acarian; of or relating to the order Acarina.
- noun A member of the order Acarina or of the genus Acarus.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Med.) Of or caused by
acari or mites.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective medicine Of or caused by
acari or mites; as, acarine diseases.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun mite or tick
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Species richness and biogeography of non-acarine arachnids in Namibia.
Kaokoveld desert 2008
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