| 单词 |
Acarus |
| 释义 |
‖ Acarus Zool.|ˈækərəs| Pl. Acari |-aɪ|. [mod.L. f. Gr. ἄκαρι a mite, f. ἀκαρής minute, too short for cutting, f. ἀ not + καρ- aorist stem of κείρειν to cut.] A genus of minute Arachnida, or spider-like animals, embracing the cheese-mite and its congeners; a mite.
1658Sir T. Browne Gard. of Cyrus iv. 179 [Boiled water] affording neither uliginous coats, gnatworms, Acari, etc., like crude and common water. 1847Carpenter Zool. II. §766 Some of the Acari have the power of spinning webs..one of these is well-known as the Red Spider in hothouses. 1862Mrs. Speid Last Years in India 140 The fowls have been exterminated by small-pox, and by the assaults of a little blue acarus. |

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