"acarology" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /æ.kəˈɹɒ.lə.d͡ʒi/ [UK], /æ.kəˈɹɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-acarology.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -ɒlədʒi Etymology: From acaro- + -logy, based on Ancient Greek ἄκαρι (ákari, “cheese mite, tick”) + -λογία (-logía). Etymology templates: {{confix|en|acaro|logy}} acaro- + -logy, {{der|en|grc|ἄκαρι||cheese mite, tick}} Ancient Greek ἄκαρι (ákari, “cheese mite, tick”), {{m|grc|-λογία}} -λογία (-logía) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} acarology (uncountable)
  1. (zoology) The study of ticks and mites. Wikipedia link: acarology Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Biology, Zoology Derived forms: acarologist Related terms: acaro-, acarus, Acari [Translingual], Acarina [Translingual] Translations (the study of ticks and mites): akarologiya (Azerbaijani), акарология (akarologiya) (Bashkir), акаралогія (akaralóhija) [feminine] (Belarusian), acarologia (Catalan), 蜱蟎學 (Chinese Mandarin), 蜱螨学 (pímǎnxué) (Chinese Mandarin), acarologie [feminine] (Dutch), akaroloogia (Estonian), akarologia (Finnish), acarologie [feminine] (French), აკაროლოგია (aḳarologia) (Georgian), ακαρολογία (akarología) [feminine] (Greek), אקרולוגיה (Hebrew), akarologi (Indonesian), acarologia [feminine] (Italian), ダニ学 (Japanese), акарология (akarologiä) (Kazakh), അകറോളജി (akaṟōḷaji) (Malayalam), akarologia [feminine] (Polish), acarologia [feminine] (Portuguese), acarologie [feminine] (Romanian), акароло́гия (akarológija) [feminine] (Russian), akarologi (Swedish), акарология (akarologiya) (Tajik), акарология (aqaroloğiyä) (Tatar), akaroloji (Turkish), акарологія (akarolohija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), акарология (akarologija) (Western Mari)

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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the study of ticks and mites",
      "word": "akaroloji"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "akarolohija",
      "sense": "the study of ticks and mites",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "акарологія"
    }
  ],
  "word": "acarology"
}

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