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acarus
- /ˈæk.ə.ɹəs/
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Learned borrowing from taxonomic name Acarus, from Ancient Greek ἀκαρί (akarí, “cheese mite, tick”).
noun acari · acarina
- Any member of the subclass Acari (aka Acarina): thus, a mite or a tick; specifically, any mite of the genus Acarus. water strongly boiled; wherein the Seeds are extinguished by fire and decoction, and therefore last long and pure without such alteration, affording neither uliginous coats, gnatworms, Acari, hairworms, like crude and common water
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Talk about this word "acarus." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/acarus. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. acarus. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/acarus "acarus." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/acarus.Cite this
@misc{acarus_2026,
title = {acarus},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/acarus},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
