Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The typical genus of the family Acaridæ, or true mites. [lowercase] A tick or mite, without regard to its genus. [In this sense it may have a plural form, acari (ak′ a-rī).]
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A genus including many species of small mites.
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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Acaridae — many species of smallmites .
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- noun any of several mites of the order Acarina
Etymologies
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Examples
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BUCHI, R. (1991) Effects of the two IGRs methoprene and fenoxycarb on Liposcelis bostrychophilus and Acarus silo.pp. 491 -496.
Chapter 10 1994
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_Acarus Crossii_ are not a new species, or if new, that neither Mr. CROSSE nor Mr. WEEKES, who repeated Mr. CROSSE'S experiment, produced them, but only aided by the voltaic battery the development of the insects from their eggs.
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Other writers say ` ` Acarus eruditus '' or ` ` Anobium pertinax '' are the correct scientific names.
The Enemies of Books 1888
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Acarus farinæ DeGeer, as its name indicates, is found in flour.
Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses 1872
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We have seen a mite (Nothrus ovivorus, Fig. 143) busily engaged in destroying the eggs of a moth like that of the Canker worm, and Dr. Shimer has observed the Acarus? malus sucking the eggs of the
Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses 1872
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We now come to the genus Acarus (Tyroglyphus), of which the cheese and sugar mites are examples.
Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses 1872
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I have had the good fortune to observe the different stages of a bird mite, intermediate in its form between the Acarus and Sarcoptes, or Itch mite.
Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses 1872
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Closely allied to the preceding, is the Cheese mite (Acarus siro Linn.), which often abounds in newly made cheese.
Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses 1872
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Many people have been startled by statements in newspapers and more authoritative sources, as to the immense numbers of mites (Acarus sacchari, Fig. 148) found in unrefined or raw sugar.
Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses 1872
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Other writers say "Acarus eruditus" or "Anobium pertinax" are the correct scientific names.
The Enemies of Books William Blades 1857
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