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Acarine Moderate

Acarine has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

mite or tick

2

A mite.

Adjective
1

Of or caused by acari or mites.

See Also
acarus mite
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
arachnid
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
tick mite

Origin

The word comes from combining the root acar- with the suffix -ine. It was likely formed to describe something related to mites, possibly before the prefix itself became a standard linguistic element.

Rhyming Words
ine sine vine line mine bine zine wine dine eine pine gine kine rine fine nine tine cine meine reine
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