Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

acarologist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ac-arol-o-gist
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A specialist in acarology - the study of ticks and mites.

Example Sentences

"Claparẻde draws and describes a lance-shaped hair on the tarsus of the first leg of the male which other acarologists have not seen."
"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.""

Etymology

From acaro- + -logist.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: acaro
Suffix: logist

Inflected Forms

acarologists (plural)

Questions

What does acarologist mean?: A specialist in acarology - the study of ticks and mites.
Where does acarologist come from?: From acaro- + -logist.

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