acarology
Syllables: a·ca·ro·lo·gy/æ.kəˈɹɒ.lə.d͡ʒi/US/æ.kəˈɹɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/
acarology noun: the study of ticks and mites.
Noun
acarology (uncountable)
- The study of ticks and mites.
- The students and faculty of the acarology course were Don's life, and his example pushed us all to higher levels of achievement.1999, Rodger David Mitchell (editor), Acarology IX, Volume 2: Symposia, Ohio Biological Survey, page xvii
- General texts on acarology include works by Woolley (1987), Evans (1992), and Krantz and Walter (2009).2009, Lance A. Durden, Gary R. Mullen, “Introduction”, in Gary R. Mullen, Lance A. Durden, editors, Medical and Veterinary Entomology, Elsevier (Academic Press), page 1
acarology meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Indonesian and Persian
acarology in Tamil
- மென்னுண்ணி இயல், பேன்உண்ணிஇயல்
acarology in Malayalam
- the study of ticks and mites
- അകറോളജി akaṟōḷaji
acarology in Indonesian
- the study of ticks and mites
- akarologi
acarology in Persian
- the study of ticks and mites
- کنهشناسی kanešenāsi
Origin of acarology
From acaro- + -logy, based on Ancient Greek ἄκαρι (ákari, “cheese mite, tick”) + -λογία (-logía).
Words formed from acarology
Words that rhyme with acarology
- homology
- topology
- technology
- mythology
- ontology
- theology
- typology
- aetiology
- anthology
- archaeology
- biology
- buttonology
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- etymology
- pathology
- phraseology
- psychology
- scatology
- tautology
- apology
- cosmology
- cryptology
- ecology
- neurology
- teleology
- aerology
- anthropology
- arcology
- Christology
- cohomology
- cosmetology
- cytology
- deontology
- epistemology
- eschatology
- ethology
- eucology
- geology
- gerontology
- graphology
- haplology
- heterology
- hydrology
- ideology
- lepidopterology
- oology
- phonology
- radiology
- tricknology
- xenobiology
- zoology
- zymology
- acanthology
- accidentology
- acology
- acridology
- actinology
- aeromycology
- alcohology
- appropriate technology
- archaeopalynology
Questions about acarology
- What does acarology mean?
- Acarology means the study of ticks and mites.
- What is acarology in Tamil?
- Acarology in Tamil is மென்னுண்ணி இயல், பேன்உண்ணிஇயல். See Acarology meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is acarology?
- Acarology is a noun.
- How do you pronounce acarology?
- Acarology is pronounced /æ.kəˈɹɒ.lə.d͡ʒi/ (UK).
Words near acarology in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: acarology (page history and authors); acarology (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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