different between acarology vs acarologist

English

Etymology

From acaro- +? -logy, based on Ancient Greek ????? (ákari, “cheese mite, tick”) + -????? (-logía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æk????l?d??i/

Noun

acarology (uncountable)

1. (zoology) The study of ticks and mites.
   • 1999, Rodger David Mitchell (editor), Acarology IX, Volume 2: Symposia, Ohio Biological Survey, page xvii,

     The students and faculty of the acarology course were Don's life, and his example pushed us all to higher levels of achievement.

   • 2009, Lance A. Durden, Gary R. Mullen, Introduction, Gary R. Mullen, Lance A. Durden (editors), Medical and Veterinary Entomology, Elsevier (Academic Press), page 1,

     General texts on acarology include works by Woolley (1987), Evans (1992), and Krantz and Walter (2009).

   • 2011, Marjorie A. Hoy, Agricultural Acarology, Taylor & Francis (CRC Press), page 3,

     Acarology is the study of mites, or Acari or Acarina. It is a specialized field of study in the larger topics of invertebrate zoology and entomology. Because some mites are economically important pests of agriculture (crops, honey bees, stored food products, and livestock), are household pests, or are vectors of diseases of humans and livestock, acarology is often studied in entomology departments.

Derived terms

• acarologist

Related terms

• acaro-
• acarus

Translations

See also

• Acari (Translingual)
• Acarina (Translingual)

Further reading

• Acari on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Cayo Largo

English

Etymology

acaro- +? -logist

Noun

acarologist (plural acarologists)

1. A specialist in acarology.
   • 1903, Ray Society, Issue 81, page 90,

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

   • 1989, G. P. ChannaBasavanna, Neelu Nangia, 14.1 Acarology in Developing Countries - Glimpses and Prospects, G. P. ChannaBasavanna, C. A. Viraktamath (editors), Progress in Acarology, Volume 2, E. J. Brill, page 469,

     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."

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