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
acarus in American English
(ˈækərəs)
nounWord forms: plural-ari (-əˌrai)
a mite, esp. of the genus Acarus
Word origin
[1650–60; ‹ NL ‹ Gk ákari mite]This word is first recorded in the period 1650–60. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: oscillation, parade, parameter, pony, syllabus
Examples of 'acarus' in a sentence
acarus
Bee and acarus specimens were observed for six hours, in order to quantify the mortality rate caused by treatments.
Gustavo Haralampidou da Costa Vieira, Wagner da Paz Andrade, Daniele Maria do Nascimento 2012, 'Use of essential oils for controlling the Varroa destructor acarus in Apis mellifera',Pesquisa Agropecuária Tropicalhttps://www.revistas.ufg.br/pat/article/view/18567. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)