Search Result for "sarcoptid": 
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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



The 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]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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