Argasid is a 7 letter English word.
You can make 175 anagrams from letters in argasid (aadgirs).
New Latin Argasidae name of the family, equivalent to Argas a genus, perhaps irregular Greek argós not working, idle (see argon) + -idae -id
In habits and life history the typical Ixodid differ greatly from the argasid.
As mere parasites of man, apart from their power to transmit disease, the Ixodid are much less important than the argasid.
In habits and life history the argasid present striking characteristics.
Like others of the argasid, it resembles the bed-bug in its habit of feeding primarily at night.
Of the argasid, we have in the United States, several species which have been reported as attacking man.