ORIBATID


Meaning of ORIBATID in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ȯ-ˈri-bə-təd, ˌȯr-ə-ˈba-təd ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin Oribatidae (coextensive with Oribatoidea ), from Oribata, genus name, from Greek oribatēs walking the mountains, from oros mountain + -batēs, 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

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