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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Bosc, Huzard, Latreille, Duméril, and many other naturalists, subsequently found these acari in the eruptive diseases of many animals.
From Curiosities of Medical Experience by J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen
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.
The proximity of hen manure swarming with the acari explains the trouble, and the removal of this and a white-washing with quicklime, with or without chlorid of lime, will prevent future attacks.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Charles B. Michener
Like other acari, this is wonderfully prolific, a new generation of fifteen individuals being possible every fifteen days, so that in three months the offspring of a single pair may produce generations aggregating 1,500,000 young.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Charles B. Michener
In your toxicological section, I do not find any opinion on atmospheric poisoning of acari, etc..
