acarine

Definitions of acarine

1. noun

   mite or tick
   types:

   tick

   any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis; feed on blood of warm-blooded animals

   mite

   any of numerous very small to minute arachnids often infesting animals or plants or stored foods

   hard tick, ixodid

   ticks having a hard shield on the back and mouth parts that project from the head

   argasid, soft tick

   tick lacking a dorsal shield and having mouth parts on the under side of the head

   web-spinning mite

   a mite that spins a web

   acarid

   very small free-living arachnid that is parasitic on animals or plants; related to ticks

   trombidiid

   mite that in all stages feeds on other arthropods

   trombiculid

   mite that as nymph and adult feeds on early stages of small arthropods but whose larvae are parasitic on terrestrial vertebrates

   acarus, genus Acarus

   any of several mites of the order Acarina

   itch mite, sarcoptid

   whitish mites that attack the skin of humans and other animals

   rust mite

   any of several varieties of mite that burrow into plants and cause a reddish-brown discoloration on the leaves or fruit

   spider mite, tetranychid

   web-spinning mite that attacks garden plants and fruit trees

   type of:

   arachnid, arachnoid

   an arthropod with simple eyes and four pairs of legs