Acarapis

noun

Acar·​a·​pis

əˈkarəpə̇s

: a genus of minute mites that are chiefly parasitic on insects and include a species (A. woodi) that invades the tracheae of honeybees causing Isle of Wight disease

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from acar- + Latin apis bee

First Known Use

1922, in the meaning defined above

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