sarcoptes

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sarcoptes - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Sarcoptes \Sar*cop"tes\, n. [NL., from Gr. sa`rx, sa`rkos, flesh
     + ko`ptein to cut.] (Zool.)
     A genus of parasitic mites including the itch mites.
     [1913 Webster]

sarcoptes - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Sarcoptes
      n 1: type genus of the family Sarcoptidae: itch mites [syn:
           Sarcoptes, genus Sarcoptes]