Pronunciation: o ̇ - ' ri-b ə -t ə d, ˌ o ̇ r- ə - ' ba-t ə d
Function: noun
Etymology: New Latin Oribatidae (coextensive with Oribatoidea ), from Oribata, genus name, from Greek oribat ē s walking the mountains, from oros mountain + -bat ē s, from bainein to go ― more at ORIENT , COME
Date: 1875
: any of a superfamily (Oribatoidea) of small oval eyeless nonparasitic mites having a heavily sclerotized integument with a leathery appearance
– oribatid adjective