Associations to the word «Acarus»

Wiktionary

ACARUS, noun. (zoology) A mite, especially one from the genus Acarus.
ACARUS, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Acaridae   — many species of small mites.

Dictionary definition

ACARUS, noun. Any of several mites of the order Acarina.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope