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SARCOPTIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Small whitish mites

Synonyms:

family Sarcoptidae; Sarcoptidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Sarcoptidae"):

genus Sarcoptes; Sarcoptes (type genus of the family Sarcoptidae: itch mites)

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

Acarina; order Acarina (mites and ticks)

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