SARCOPTES - Definition

WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] type genus of the family Sarcoptidae: itch mites

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	Synonyms:	genus Sarcoptes

	See Also:	arthropod genus, family Sarcoptidae, itch mite, sarcoptid, Sarcoptidae

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Sar*cop"tes\, n. [NL., from Gr. sa`rx, sa`rkos, flesh + ko`ptein to cut.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of parasitic mites including the itch mites.