Translingual

Acarus siro

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): Arthropoda - phylum; Chelicerata - subphylum; Arachnida - class; Acari - subclass; Acariformes - superorder; Astigmata - order; Acaridia - suborder; Acaroidea - superfamily; Acaridae - family; Acarinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

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

English

Noun

acarus ‎(plural acari)

1. (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

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