SARCOPTES
\sˈɑːkɒpts], \sˈɑːkɒpts], \s_ˈɑː_k_ɒ_p_t_s]\
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By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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Scabis communis, a species of Acarus (itch mite) from the horse, the sheep, and the dog, chicken, pig, and other animals that occasionally attacks man and produces eruptions similar to that of scabies. These parasites cannot live in the human skin and accordingly do not form burrows.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe