acarus

American  

[ak-er-uhs] / ˈæk ər əs /

noun

plural

acari

1. a mite, especially of the genus Acarus.

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acarus British  

/ ˈækərəs /

noun

1. any of the free-living mites of the widely distributed genus Acarus, several of which, esp A. siro, are serious pests of stored flour, grain, etc

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Etymology

Origin of acarus

1650–60; < New Latin < Greek ákari mite

Example Sentences

The insects produced by both experimentalists seem to have been the same, a species of acarus, minute and semi-transparent, and furnished with long bristles, which can only be seen by the aid of the microscope. 

From Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation by Chambers, Robert

Wichmann, and many other physicians, have maintained that the itch was produced by an insect of the genus acarus, or tick.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)

The red spider is not correctly speaking an insect, though it is commonly spoken of as such, neither is it a spider, as its name would imply, but an acarus or mite.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 388, June 9, 1883 by Various

The insects were a species of acarus, minute and semi-transparent, and furnished with long bristles, which could only be seen by the aid of the microscope.

From Ancient and Modern Celebrated Freethinkers Reprinted From an English Work, Entitled "Half-Hours With The Freethinkers." by Bradlaugh, Charles

On the hypothesis here brought forward, the acarus Crossii was a type of being ordained from the beginning, and destined to be realized under certain physical conditions. 

From Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation by Chambers, Robert