SARCOPTID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sarcoptid mean? 

• SARCOPTID (noun)
  The noun SARCOPTID has 1 sense:

1. whitish mites that attack the skin of humans and other animals

  Familiarity information: SARCOPTID used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SARCOPTID (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Whitish mites that attack the skin of humans and other animals

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

itch mite; sarcoptid

Context example:

itch mites cause scabies

Hypernyms ("sarcoptid" is a kind of...):

mite (any of numerous very small to minute arachnids often infesting animals or plants or stored foods)

Holonyms ("sarcoptid" is a member of...):

genus Sarcoptes; Sarcoptes (type genus of the family Sarcoptidae: itch mites)