any of the free-living mites of the widely distributed genus Acarus, several of which, esp A. siro, are serious pests of stored flour, grain, etc
Word origin
C17: New Latin, from Greek akari a small thing, a mite
Examples of 'acari' in a sentence
acari
Acari was the most abundant group with 7879 individuals.
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