Definition of acarus Acarus

ac•a•rus

We found 5 definitions of acarus from 5 different sources.

What does acarus mean?

Noun Plural: acaruses
acarus - any of several mites of the order Acarina
		genus Acarus
		mite any of numerous very small to minute arachnids often infesting animals or plants or stored foods

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acarus
ak′ar-us, n. a genus of minute insects, of the class Arachnides, embracing the mites and ticks:—pl. Ac′arī. [L.; Gr. akares, minute, too small to cut—a, neg., keirein, to cut short.]