acarus

See also: Acarus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin acarus, from Ancient Greek ἄκαρι (ákari, “cheese mite, tick”), from ἀκαρής (akarḗs, “tiny”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈæk.ə.ɹəs/

Noun

acarus (plural acari or acarina)

(zoology) A mite, especially one from the genus Acarus.
- 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus, Folio Society, published 2007, page 205:
  water strongly boiled; wherein the Seeds are extinguished by fire and decoction, and therefore last long and pure without such alteration, affording neither uliginous coats, gnatworms, Acari, hairworms, like crude and common water

Translations

genus

Czech: roztoč (cs) m
French: acarien (fr) m
Greek: άκαρι (el) n (ákari)

Japanese: ダニ (ja) (dani)
Portuguese: acarino m

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