Aleurobius
noun
Al·eu·ro·bi·us
ˌal-yə-ˈrō-bē-əs
: a genus of mites (family Tyroglyphidae) including a species (A. farinae) common in flour and stored cereals and implicated as a cause of enteritis and dysentery in animals feeding on such contaminated grain products
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from aleuro- + -bius
First Known Use
circa 1902, in the meaning defined above