Acarid Definition

ăkə-rĭd

adjective

Of, relating to, or belonging to the arachnid family Acaridae, which includes mites that infest stored food.

American Heritage

Relating to or belonging to the arachnid family Acaridae, which includes mites that infest stored food.

American Heritage Medicine

(biology, zoology) Of or pertaining to acarids.

Wiktionary

noun

Any of a subclass (Acari) of small arachnids, including the ticks and mites, which are parasites and agricultural pests.

Webster's New World

An arachnid of the subclass Acari or the order Acarina, which includes the mites and ticks.

American Heritage Medicine

(biology, zoology) Any parasitic arachnid, such as mites and ticks, of the subclass Acarina.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Acarid

Singular:

acarid

Plural:

acarids

Circa 19th Century; from New Latin Acaridae (“biological family”), from Acarus (“genus”), from acarus (“mite”), from Ancient Greek ἀκαρί (akari, “mite”)

From Wiktionary
From New Latin Acaridae family name from Acarus type genus from Greek akari a kind of mite

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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