acarologist
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Etymology edit
Noun edit
acarologist (plural acarologists)
- A specialist in acarology - the study of ticks and mites.
- 1903, Ray Society, number 81, page 90:
- Claparẻde draws and describes a lance-shaped hair on the tarsus of the first leg of the male which other acarologists have not seen.
- 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:
- This would be an interesting field of study offering immense scope to acarologists in the developing world.
- 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."
Translations edit
one who studies acarology
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