acarid
(ˈækərɪd)
[ad. mod.L. Acaridæ.]
An arachnid of the family Acaridæ; a mite. So acaˈridian.
| 1875 Encycl. Brit. II. 275 Acaridians..are to be found under stones, dead leaves, [etc.]. 1881 A. Leslie tr. Nordenskiöld's Voy. Vega I. iii. 147 Arachnids, acarids, and podurids occur most plentifully [in the Arctic regions]. 1910 E. Ray Lankester Sci. fr. Easy Chair xiv. 317 Red-spider is a small mite or acarid. |