Acarologist
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A specialist in acarology - the study of ticks and mites.
"Claparẻde draws and describes a lance-shaped hair on the tarsus of the first leg of the male which other acarologists have not seen."
Synonyms
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More examples"Claparẻde draws and describes a lance-shaped hair on the tarsus of the first leg of the male which other acarologists have not seen."
Etymology
From acaro- + -logist.
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