acarus
noun
a mite, especially of the genus Acarus.
acari
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pluralof acarus.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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Of or caused by acari or mites; as, acarine diseases.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Noah Webster
The acari can be readily demonstrated microscopically in scrapings of the skin, treated with liquor potassæ.
From The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged. by J. W. H. (John William Henry) Eyre
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.
We are indebted to Albert Michael, of the Linnean Society of England, for a masterly treatise on a group of acari, or mites, known as the oribatidæ.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 470, January 3, 1885 by Various
Although a knowledge of such diseases is easy where it concerns parasites such as acari and worms, it becomes very difficult when it is a question of diseases that are caused by the Bacteriaceæ.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884 by Various
