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Definition of Acari
1. acarus [n] - See also: acarus
Medical Definition of Acari
1. A large, cosmopolitan order of arachnids comprising the mites and ticks, including parasites of plants, animals, and man, as well as several important disease vectors. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Acari
Literary usage of Acari
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Zoological Record ...: Being Records of Zoological Literature by Zoological Record Association (London, England), Zoological Society of London (1906)
"Ireland, acari; CARPENTER (28-30): acari n. var. and n. sp. ... (75) : South
Tyrol, Arane« and Hungary, acari, list and n. spp. ..."
2. Food and Its Adulterations: Comprising the Reports of the Analytical by Arthur Hill Hassall (1855)
"Much cane ; a very great many starch granules ; NOT MANY acari ; some albumen ;
grape-sugar. Sample.— A moderate quantity of cane ; starch granules ..."
3. Reports on Zoology for 1843, 1844 by Andreas Johann Wagner, Franz Hermann Troschel, Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson, Carl Th. Ernst Siebold (1847)
"acari. Of Koch's' Uebersicht des Arachniden Systems, ' (3 Heft,) the third Part
has appeared, containing the ... The second family of the "Running acari:" ..."
4. The Zoological Record ...: Being Records of Zoological Literature by Zoological Society of London (1901)
"Japan: 3 n. spp. of acari; OUDEMANS (60). China: acari, 2 n. spp. of Eriophyes;
... POCOCK (71) : 2 n. spp. of acari, Djibouti : 4 n. spp. and n. subsp. of ..."
5. Entomology for Beginners for the Use of Young Folks, Fruit-growers, Farmers by Alpheus Spring Packard (1888)
"Mounting Minute Insects and acari in Balsam.—Mr. AD Michael describes his ...
Hard insects and acari are best killed in hot water, which causes them to ..."
6. Histological Demonstrations: A Guide to the Microscopical Examination of the by George Harley, George Thomas Brown (1866)
"Such, for example, is the case with the various forms of acari. ... acari from
the cutaneous follicles. One young six-legged parasite, and two mature ..."
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