acarid
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ac·a·rid
(ăk'ə-rĭd) 
n.
An arachnid of the order Acarina, which includes the mites and ticks.
n.
An arachnid of the order Acarina, which includes the mites and ticks.
[From New Latin Acaridae, family name, from Acarus, type genus, from Greek akari, a kind of mite.]
acarid ac'a·rid adj.
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