acarus
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Origin of acarus
1650–60; < New Latin < Greek ákari mite
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Malady: Poultry acariasis.—This is a large-sized acarus, though usually miscalled "hen louse," and the disease "poultry lousiness."
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.
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 Michener, Charles B.
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 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
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
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 Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)
Like the chelifer, it shuns the light, hiding in chinks till sunset, but is actively engaged throughout the night feasting on the acari and soft-bodied insects which assail books and papers.
From Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon by Tennent, James Emerson, Sir
This affection is due to the irritation of the skin caused by the presence of nearly microscopic acari, or mites.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.
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
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
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