Acarina

Ac`a`ri´na

n. pl.

1.

(Zool.) The group of Arachnida which includes the mites and ticks. Many species are parasitic, and cause diseases like the itch and mange.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

Acarina - mites and ticks                       order Acarina animal order - the order of animals Arachnida, class Arachnida - a large class of arthropods including spiders and ticks and scorpions and daddy longlegs; have four pairs of walking legs and no wings acarine - mite or tick tick - any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis; feed on blood of warm-blooded animals family Ixodidae, Ixodidae - hard ticks Argasidae, family Argasidae - soft ticks mite - any of numerous very small to minute arachnids often infesting animals or plants or stored foods Acaridae, family Acaridae - mites family Trombidiidae, Trombidiidae - mites family Trombiculidae, Trombiculidae - mites family Sarcoptidae, Sarcoptidae - small whitish mites acarus, genus Acarus - any of several mites of the order Acarina family Tetranychidae, Tetranychidae - plant-feeding mites