Crossword-Solution: ACARINA
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Acarina | n. pl. | The group of Arachnida which includes the mites and ticks. Many species are parasitic, and cause diseases like the itch and mange. |
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| ACARINA | anagram | ACRANIA, AIRCANA, CANARIA |
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| Mites | 4 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included
within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or
a triangle.
Hint 2 anagram
REAA
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CERTAIN BRAIN SIZE
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Sentences with ACARINA (5)
The class includes three principal orders: Araneina, or spiders; Arthrogastra, including scorpions, etc.; and Acarina, or mites and ticks.
The red spiders, as I have already stated, are not real spiders, but belong to the family Acarina or mites, a family included in the same class (the arachnida) as the true spiders, from which they may be easily distinguished by the want of any apparent division between the head and thorax and body; in the true spiders the head and thorax are united together and form one piece, to which the body is joined by a slender waist.
THE ACARINA, OR MITES AND TICKS A number of the parasitic Acarina evidently secrete a specific poison, presumably carried by the saliva, but in most cases its effect on man is insignificant.
ACARINA OR MITES The ACARINA, or _mites_, form a fairly natural group of arachnids, characterized, in general, by a sac-like, unsegmented body which is generally fused with the cephalothorax.
Most of the mites are free-living, but there are many parasitic species and as these have originated in widely separated families, the Acarina form an especially favorable group for study of the origin of parasitism.