ˈdeməˌdeks, ˈdēm- noun
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek dēmos fat + dēx, a wood worm
1. capitalized : a genus (coextensive with a family Demodicidae) of minute elongated cylindrical mites with the legs greatly reduced that live in the hair follicles especially about the face of man and various furred mammals and in the latter often cause follicular mange
2. -es : any mite of the genus Demodex : follicle mite