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acarologist en · NOUN

Etymology

From acaro- + -logist.

Meanings

1. A specialist in acarology - the study of ticks and mites.
   • This would be an interesting field of study offering immense scope to acarologists in the developing world. 1989, G. P. ChannaBasavanna, Neelu Nangia, “14.1 Acarology in Developing Countries - Glimpses and Prospects”, in G. P. ChannaBasavanna, C. A. Viraktamath, editors, Progress in Acarology, Volume 2, E. J. Brill, page 469:
   • Claparẻde draws and describes a lance-shaped hair on the tarsus of the first leg of the male which other acarologists have not seen. 1903, Ray Society, number 81, page 90:
   • 2011, Andrew Nikiforuk, Empire of the Beetle, David Suzuki Foundation, Greystone Books, page 41, One acarologist wrote several years ago that mites dwell "in a strange and beautiful world where a meter amounts to a mile and yesterday was years ago."

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fr acarologiste (one who studies acarology) · sv akarolog (one who studies acarology) · de Acarologe (one who studies acarology)