acarus

[ ak-er-uhs ]

noun

, plural ac·a·ri [ak, -, uh, -rahy].

1. a mite, especially of the genus Acarus.

acarus

/ ˈækərəs /

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of acarus¹

1650–60; < New Latin < Greek ákari mite

Word History and Origins

Origin of acarus¹

C17: New Latin, from Greek akari a small thing, a mite

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.

From The Guardian

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

From Project Gutenberg

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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