ORIBATID

[orib.a.tid] n [NL Oribatidae (coextensive with Oribatoidea), fr. Oribata, genus name, fr. Gk oribates walking the mountains, fr. oros mountain + -bates, fr. bainein to go--more at orient, come] (1875): any of a superfamily (Oribatoidea) of small oval eyeless nonparasitic mites having a heavily sclerotized integument with a leathery appearance -- oribatid adj