Complete Definition of "acarus"

English
wikipedia|Acarina
Etymology
New Latin, from AGr. polytonic|�κα�ι �cheese mite, tick�, from polytonic|�κα�ή� �tiny�.

Pronunciation
IPA|/�æk�ɹ�s/

Noun
en-noun|acari

  1. zoology A genus in the family Acaridae including many species of small mites.

#*1658: water strongly boiled; wherein the Seeds are extinguished by fire and decoction, and therefore last long and pure without such alteration, affording neither uliginous coats, gnatworms, Acari, hairworms, like crude and common water � Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 205)

Translations
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