acarus
Americannoun
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acari
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noun
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Etymology
Origin of acarus
1650–60; < New Latin < Greek ákari mite
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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 Robert Chambers
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 J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen
I saw a little round bag, which I suspected to be the egg of an acarus.
From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 by Alexander von Humboldt
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
Scabs of any thickness may form, but the special features are the intense itching and the presence of the acarus.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Charles B. Michener
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
Living beings are stimulated into existence, the acari Crossii appear in numbers!
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 22, March, 1852, Volume 4. by
One hundred and sixty-six days from the commencement of the experiment—the first acari seen in connexion therewith, six in number and nearly full-grown, were discovered on the outside of the open glass vessel.
From An Expository Outline of the "Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation" With a Notice of the Author's "Explanations:" A Sequel to the Vestiges by Anonymous
In your toxicological section, I do not find any opinion on atmospheric poisoning of acari, etc..
Having the skin of both hands filled with acari, I had not the patience to wait the end of an operation, which had already lasted till late at night.
From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 by Alexander von Humboldt
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