acarophilous
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]acarophilous (not comparable)
- (biology, rare) That lives in a symbiosis with mites
- (botany, rare) That is pollinated by mites
- 1910 December, Professor G. F. Scott-Elliot M.A. B.Sc. F.L.S., “Mites and Acarodomatia”, in Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh, volume 24, , pages 126–135:
- The last-mentioned author has a list of 270 acarophilous species.