ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Acarophilous

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Acarophilous is an adjective meaning (biology, rare) That lives in a symbiosis with mites.

Meaning

(biology, rare) That lives in a symbiosis with mites.

More Meanings

  1. (botany, rare) That is pollinated by mites

Example Sentences

The last-mentioned author has a list of 270 acarophilous species.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include acariphagous, acaroid, myrmecophilous, mymecophilous, termitophilous, anthophilous.

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