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GENUS ACARUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Acarus mean?
• GENUS ACARUS (noun)
The noun GENUS ACARUS has 1 sense:
1. any of several mites of the order Acarina
Familiarity information: GENUS ACARUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of several mites of the order Acarina
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
acarus; genus Acarus
Hypernyms ("genus Acarus" is a kind of...):
mite (any of numerous very small to minute arachnids often infesting animals or plants or stored foods)
Holonyms ("genus Acarus" is a member of...):
Acarina; order Acarina (mites and ticks)
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