All the time I had been in Ceram I had suffered much from the irritating bites of an invisible acarus, which is worse than mosquitoes, ants, and every other pest, because it is impossible to guard against them.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 2] Reference

This treatment should be repeated daily until the acarus is destroyed and the animal has regained its normal condition.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.] Reference

"Waterton says -- 'The atmosphere of spirit of turpentine will allow neither acarus nor any insect to live in it: Do you believe this?".    From Wordnik.com.  [Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy.] Reference

Seub a path: Seub f pibe the path of an acarus or band-worm.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archaeologia Britannica,: Giving Some Account Additional to what Has Been ...] Reference

In seven or eight days the acarus or itch insect will be destroyed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Confederate Receipt Book: A Compilation of over One Hundred Receipts, Adapted to the Times] Reference

I saw a little round bag, which I suspected to be the egg of an acarus.    From Wordnik.com.  [Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2] Reference

Scabs of any thickness may form, but the special features are the intense itching and the presence of the acarus.    From Wordnik.com.  [Special Report on Diseases of the Horse] Reference

The intense itching will always suggest this parasite, and the discovery of the acarus will identify the disease.    From Wordnik.com.  [Special Report on Diseases of the Horse] Reference

It is now known that there are some skin diseases which originate in an acarus, and others which proceed from a fungus.    From Wordnik.com.  [Smith's Bible Dictionary] Reference

The disease varies, however, according to the species of acarus which infests the skin, so that we must treat of several different kinds of acariasis.    From Wordnik.com.  [Special Report on Diseases of the Horse] Reference

It is manifest also that a disease in the human subject caused by an acarus or by a fungus would be certainly contagious, since the propagative cause could be transferred from person to person.    From Wordnik.com.  [Smith's Bible Dictionary] Reference

That does not stagger us; I am not sure that it would if Mr. Crosses or Mr. Weekes's acarus should show himself all of a sudden, as they said he did, in certain mineral mixtures acted on by electricity.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Poet at the Breakfast-Table] Reference

At this identical hour Dr.J. Black favoured me with a call, inspected the arrangements, and received six living specimens of the acarus produced from solution in the open vessel. ".    From Wordnik.com.  [An Expository Outline of the "Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation" With a Notice of the Author's "Explanations:" A Sequel to the Vestiges] Reference

Like the acarus bred in Crosse's flint-solution?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes — Volume 06: Poems from the Breakfast Table Series] Reference