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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Acarus
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.
Wiktionary
acarus
n. (context zoology English) A mite, especially one from the genus Acarus.
WordNet
acarus
n. a mite of the genus Acarus
[also: acari (pl)]
Wikipedia
Acarus
Acarus is a genus of mites in the family Acaridae.
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.