SARCOPTES


Meaning of SARCOPTES in English

särˈkäp(ˌ)tēz noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from sarc- + Greek koptein to cut off — more at capon

: a genus of itch mites that is the type of the family Sarcoptidae

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