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SARCOPTES

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Meaning:

Type genus of the family Sarcoptidae: itch mites

Synonyms:

genus Sarcoptes; Sarcoptes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Sarcoptes" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Sarcoptes"):

itch mite; sarcoptid (whitish mites that attack the skin of humans and other animals)

Holonyms ("Sarcoptes" is a member of...):

family Sarcoptidae; Sarcoptidae (small whitish mites)

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