sarcoptid

2 definitions found

sarcoptid - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Sarcoptid \Sar*cop"tid\, n. (Zool.)
     Any species of the genus Sarcoptes and related genera of
     mites, comprising the itch mites and mange mites. -- a. Of or
     pertaining to the itch mites.
     [1913 Webster]

sarcoptid - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  sarcoptid
      n 1: whitish mites that attack the skin of humans and other
           animals; "itch mites cause scabies" [syn: itch mite,
           sarcoptid]