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单词 acarus
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acarusn.

Brit. /ˈakərəs/, U.S. /ˈækərəs/
Inflections: Plural acari Brit. /ˈakərʌɪ/, U.S. /ˈækəraɪ/.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin acarus.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin acarus (1546 or earlier; 1532 or earlier as acari ) < ancient Greek ἄκαρι mite < ἀκαρής minute, too short for cutting < ἀ- a- prefix6 + καρ- , aorist stem of κείρειν to cut (see corm n.2). Compare French acare (1752; also acarus (1798 or earlier)).In plural form acari after the Latin plural form.
Zoology.
A mite or tick; spec. (in later use) a mite of the genus Acarus (family Acaridae). Also (in form Acarus): the genus itself. Valid publication of the genus name: Linnaeus Systema Naturæ (ed. 10, 1758) 615.
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1657 S. Purchas Theatre Flying-insects i. xxiv. 151 In old Waxe saith Aristotle, there is bred small white Creatures, the least of creatures, called Acari, in regard of the smallness, not devisible, I suppose he means Mites, which are bred also in many other things.
1658 Sir T. Browne Garden of Cyrus iv, in Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall 179 [Boiled water] affording neither uliginous coats, gnatworms, Acari,..like crude and common water.
1763 R. Brookes New Syst. Nat. Hist. IV. xiii. 280 The Acarus with a livid belly... Some authors call this the Dog Louse.
1827 Lancet 6 Jan. 448/2 He could never find any sarcoptes or acari.
1862 Mrs. J. B. Speid Our Last Years in India 140 The fowls have been exterminated by small-pox, and by the assaults of a little blue acarus.
1911 Encycl. Brit. XXVIII. 13/1 The dermatozoa..are lice, fleas, ticks, acari or mange mites.
1948 L. E. H. Whitby Nurses' Handbk. Hygiene (ed. 8) v. 131 Acarus Scabei (itch-mite)..is the cause of scabies..The female acarus burrows into the skin, laying eggs.
2003 K. C. Carter Rise of Causal Concepts of Dis. 27 To clarify the relation between acari and scabies, Albin Gras, another medical student..‘submitted his arm to a troop of these parasitical insects’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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