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‖ Sarcoptes Zool.|sɑːˈkɒptiːz|
[mod.L. (Latreille 1804), irreg. f. Gr. σαρκ-, σάρξ flesh + κόπτειν to cut.]
A genus of parasites comprising the itch-mite; a mite of this genus.
1874Ann. Nat. Hist. Jan. 75 The two genera in question differ from the true Sarcoptes in not piercing canals in the epidermis of their host. 1876Van Beneden's Anim. Parasites 133 No other species but those of Sarcoptes can be transferred from animals to man. Ibid. 135 A sarcoptes (S. mutans) which produces a disease among fowls.
Hence sarˈcoptic a., caused by itch-mites.
1886Order of Council in Field 24 July 160/3 A horse, ass, or mule affected with sarcoptic mange. |