acarianadj.n.

Brit.

/əˈkɛːrɪən/, U.S.

/əˈkɛriən/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element; perhaps modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: Latin Acarus , -ian suffix.

Etymology: < scientific Latin Acarus (see acarus n.) + -ian suffix, perhaps after French acarien (1833 or earlier as noun (chiefly in plural acariens ), 1842 or earlier as adjective). Compare earlier acaridan adj., acarine adj., acaroid adj. With the use as noun compare earlier acaridan n., acarine n., acaroid n.²

Zoology.

A. adj.

= acarine adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Arachnida > [adjective] > relating to or caused by mite

acarine1806

acaridan1835

acaroid1835

acarian1845

acaridian1852

1845 Encycl. Metrop. VII. 274 Eyes have not been discovered in the Gamasian, Ixodian (ticks) or Acarian (Mites) Families.

1877 W. T. Fox Atlas Skin Dis. 16 The absence of acarian furrows and interdigital vesiculations.

1902 Encycl. Brit. XXV. 197 Sheep-scab, a loathsome skin disease due to an acarian parasite.

1947 Jrnl. Mammalogy 28 299 An acarian infestation of dermestid [beetle] larvae.

2002 Jack Sept. 28/2 The Typhlodrome mite is smaller than the Acarian and, with its pink-and-white colouring, appears to be harmless.

B. n.

= acarine n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Arachnida > [noun] > order Acari or family Acaridae > member of (mite)

wormc1000

miteOE

minta1500

acarus1657

acaridan1835

acarine1835

acaroid1842

acaridian1857

acarian1860

acarid1861

1860 Trans. Amer. Inst. N.Y. 1859–60 212 in Docs. Assembly State N.-Y. (83rd Session, Doc. No. 191) VI Our common itch insect is one of these acarians, or sarcoptes.

1884 Mem. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 8 263 [This] embryonic membrane..is to be compared with the skin developed on the dorsal side of some low wormlike Acarians (Pentastomum).

1910 J. Tyson Pract. of Med. 1389 (caption) Acarus scabiei... portion of human epiderm, showing burrows with contained ova and young acarians.

1942 Jrnl. Parasitol. 28 341 A red-shafted flicker (Colpates cafer collaris)..showed on autopsy, 202 specimens of an immature acarian loosely encysted in the connective tissue surrounding the trachea.

2009 L. Zenner et al. in O. Sparagano Control of Poultry Mites 158 94% of battery flocks and 75% of free-range farms..had been treated with acaricides in an attempt to combat the proliferation of this acarian.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	acarian
释义	acarianadj.n. Brit. /əˈkɛːrɪən/, U.S. /əˈkɛriən/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element; perhaps modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: Latin Acarus , -ian suffix. Etymology: < scientific Latin Acarus (see acarus n.) + -ian suffix, perhaps after French acarien (1833 or earlier as noun (chiefly in plural acariens ), 1842 or earlier as adjective). Compare earlier acaridan adj., acarine adj., acaroid adj. With the use as noun compare earlier acaridan n., acarine n., acaroid n.² Zoology. A. adj. = acarine adj. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Arachnida > [adjective] > relating to or caused by mite acarine1806 acaridan1835 acaroid1835 acarian1845 acaridian1852 1845 Encycl. Metrop. VII. 274 Eyes have not been discovered in the Gamasian, Ixodian (ticks) or Acarian (Mites) Families. 1877 W. T. Fox Atlas Skin Dis. 16 The absence of acarian furrows and interdigital vesiculations. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXV. 197 Sheep-scab, a loathsome skin disease due to an acarian parasite. 1947 Jrnl. Mammalogy 28 299 An acarian infestation of dermestid [beetle] larvae. 2002 Jack Sept. 28/2 The Typhlodrome mite is smaller than the Acarian and, with its pink-and-white colouring, appears to be harmless. B. n. = acarine n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Arachnida > [noun] > order Acari or family Acaridae > member of (mite) wormc1000 miteOE minta1500 acarus1657 acaridan1835 acarine1835 acaroid1842 acaridian1857 acarian1860 acarid1861 1860 Trans. Amer. Inst. N.Y. 1859–60 212 in Docs. Assembly State N.-Y. (83rd Session, Doc. No. 191) VI Our common itch insect is one of these acarians, or sarcoptes. 1884 Mem. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 8 263 [This] embryonic membrane..is to be compared with the skin developed on the dorsal side of some low wormlike Acarians (Pentastomum). 1910 J. Tyson Pract. of Med. 1389 (caption) Acarus scabiei... portion of human epiderm, showing burrows with contained ova and young acarians. 1942 Jrnl. Parasitol. 28 341 A red-shafted flicker (Colpates cafer collaris)..showed on autopsy, 202 specimens of an immature acarian loosely encysted in the connective tissue surrounding the trachea. 2009 L. Zenner et al. in O. Sparagano Control of Poultry Mites 158 94% of battery flocks and 75% of free-range farms..had been treated with acaricides in an attempt to combat the proliferation of this acarian. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.1845
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