Acarus

See also: acarus

Translingual

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæk.ə.ɹəs/

Proper noun

Acarus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Acaridae – many species of small mites.
   • 1658: Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 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 —

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Chelicerata – subphylum; Arachnida – class; Acari - subclass; Acariformes - superorder; Sarcoptiformes - order; Acaridia - suborder; Acaroidea - superfamily; Acaridae - family;  - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus):  - type species. See Acarus on WikispeciesWikispecies for other species.

References

• Acaridae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Acarus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Acarus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons