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A mite of the genus Acarus
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n. (context zoology English) A mite, especially one from the genus Acarus.
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Acarus is a genus of mites in the family Acaridae .
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n. a mite of the genus Acarus [also: acari (pl)]
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Acarus \Ac"a*rus\, n.; pl. Acari . [NL., from Gr. ? the cheese mite, tick.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus including many species of small mites.
Usage examples of acarus.
Making my visit at an hour when a more favourable light entered the room, swarms of acari were found on the cards, about the glass tumbler, both within and without, and also on the platform of the apparatus.
A third bladder contained the end of the abdomen with the two hinder limbs of an Acarus, as I believe.
A nearly perfect Acarus was found within the utricle or neck of one leaf, but in which of the two was not recorded.