'Sarcoptes' definitions:
Definition of 'Sarcoptes'
(from WordNet)
noun
Type genus of the family Sarcoptidae: itch mites [syn: Sarcoptes, genus Sarcoptes]
Definition of 'Sarcoptes'
From: GCIDE
- Sarcoptes \Sar*cop"tes\, n. [NL., from Gr. sa`rx, sa`rkos, flesh + ko`ptein to cut.] (Zool.) A genus of parasitic mites including the itch mites. [1913 Webster]