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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. any of several mites of the order Acarina;
[syn: acarus, genus Acarus]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Acarus \Ac"a*rus\, n.; pl. Acari. [NL., from Gr. ? the cheese
   mite, tick.] (Zool.)
   A genus including many species of small mites.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

acarus
    n 1: any of several mites of the order Acarina [syn: acarus,
         genus Acarus]