Acarologist

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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."

Example

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"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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