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acarus

[ ak-er-uhs ]

noun

plural acari
  1. a mite, especially of the genus Acarus.


acarus

/ ˈæ°ìÉ™°ùÉ™²õ /

noun

  1. 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
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of acarus1

1650–60; < New Latin < Greek á°ì²¹°ù¾± mite
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of acarus1

C17: New Latin, from Greek akari a small thing, a mite
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On the exposed rocks are two dead acari fish that appear to have been trapped, desiccated and had their guts ripped out by vultures.

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Of or caused by acari or mites; as, acarine diseases.

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This is a cutaneous disease, analogous to the mange in horses and the itch in man, and is caused and propagated by a minute insect, the acarus.

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Wichmann, and many other physicians, have maintained that the itch was produced by an insect of the genus acarus, or tick.

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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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