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acarus
[ak-er-uhs]
noun
plural
acaria mite, especially of the genus Acarus.
acarus
/ ˈæəə /
noun
any of the free-living mites of the widely distributed genus Acarus, several of which, esp A. siro, are serious pests of stored flour, grain, etc
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of acarus1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of acarus1
Example Sentences
On the exposed rocks are two dead acari fish that appear to have been trapped, desiccated and had their guts ripped out by vultures.
Of or caused by acari or mites; as, acarine diseases.
This cutaneous affection owes its existence to the presence of a minute insect, called acarus scabiei, or mange-fly, which burrows beneath the cuticle, and occasions much irritation and annoyance in its progress through the skin.
Wichmann, and many other physicians, have maintained that the itch was produced by an insect of the genus acarus, or tick.
This loathsome disease, to which fine-woolled sheep are particularly liable, is caused, like itch in the human subject, by a small insect, a species of the acari.
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