Acarine (Noun)
Meaning
Mite or tick.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- Acars are a subgroup of acarine arthropods that are notorious for infesting libraries and damaging stored books by eating the bindings.
- The lone star tick is an example of an acarine ectoparasite, with the potential to spread diseases to humans.
- Entomologists study the behavior of various acarine species to understand how to control infestations.
- Acariases caused by an infestation of acarine ectoparasites often lead to an itchy, prickly sensation in affected animals.
- Researchers discovered that different species of acarine arthropods prefer distinct hosts for feeding and reproduction.