SARCOPTIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Sarcoptidae mean? 

• SARCOPTIDAE (noun)
  The noun SARCOPTIDAE has 1 sense:

1. small whitish mites

  Familiarity information: SARCOPTIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SARCOPTIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small whitish mites

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Sarcoptidae; Sarcoptidae

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)