Sarcoptes

2 definitions found

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

  Sarcoptes \Sar*cop"tes\, n. [NL., from Gr. sa`rx, sa`rkos, flesh
     + ko`ptein to cut.] (Zool.)
     A genus of parasitic mites including the itch mites.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  Sarcoptes
       n : type genus of the family Sarcoptidae: itch mites [syn: {genus
           Sarcoptes}]