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FAMILY ACARIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does family Acaridae mean?
• FAMILY ACARIDAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY ACARIDAE has 1 sense:
1. mites
Familiarity information: FAMILY ACARIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Mites
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Acaridae; family Acaridae
Hypernyms ("family Acaridae" is a kind of...):
arthropod family (any of the arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "family Acaridae"):
acarid (very small free-living arachnid that is parasitic on animals or plants; related to ticks)
Holonyms ("family Acaridae" is a member of...):
Acarina; order Acarina (mites and ticks)
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