Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Sarcoptes"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sarcoptes \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Sarcoptes
n : type genus of the family Sarcoptidae: itch mites [syn: {Sarcoptes},
{genus Sarcoptes}]
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