Acarus

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Acarus \Ac"a*rus\, n.; pl. {Acari}. [NL., from Gr. ? the cheese
     mite, tick.] (Zool.)
     A genus including many species of small mites.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  acarus
       n : a mite of the genus Acarus
       [also: {acari} (pl)]