Sarcoptes

Definition: Sarcoptes

Sarcoptes

Noun

1. Type genus of the family Sarcoptidae: itch mites.

Etymology: Sarcoptes \Sar*cop"tes\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression sa`rx, sa`rkos, flesh ko`ptein to cut.]. (Websters 1913)

Domain	Definitions
Food & Agriculture	A genus of Acarina. Source: European Union. (references)
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Synonym: Sarcoptes

Synonym: genus Sarcoptes (n). (additional references)

Crosswords: Sarcoptes

English words defined with "Sarcoptes": genus Sarcoptes. (references)

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Scabies is an infestation of the skin with the microscopic mite Sarcoptes scabei. (references)
		Sarcoptes scabei, human itch or mange mites, are in the arthropod class Arachnida, subclass Acari, family Sarcoptidae. (references)
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"Sarcoptes" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Sarcoptes" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	100%	4	175,879

Expressions using "Sarcoptes": genus Sarcoptes ♦ Sarcoptes scabei. Additional references.
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Language		Translations for "Sarcoptes"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		skabmide (mange mite, scab mite), sarcoptes (mange mite, scab mite), fnatmide (acarus scabiei, mange mite, scab mite). (various references)

Dutch		schurftmijt (mange mite, scab mite), Sarcoptes (mange mite, scab mite). (various references)

Finnish		syyhypunkki (mange mite, scab mite). (various references)

French		sarcopte, acarus de la gale. (various references)

German		Sarcoptes (mange mite, scab mite), Räudemilben (mange mite, scab mite), Milbe (mange mite, mite, scab mite), Krätzmilbe (mange mite, scab mite), Krätzemilben (mange mite, scab mite). (various references)

Italian		Sarcoptes (mange mite, scab mite), acaro della scabbia (mange mite, scab mite). (various references)

Pig Latin		arcoptessay.(various references)

Portuguese		sarcoptes (mange mite, scab mite), ácaro da sarna (acarus scabiei, mange mite, scab mite). (various references)

Spanish		arador de la sarna (mange mite, scab mite), acaro (mange mite, scab mite). (various references)

Swedish		skabbkvalster (mange mite, scab mite). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	Arachnida. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Words rhyming with "Sarcoptes" (pronounced 'Sar*cop"tes'): Aetites, Antes, Ascites, Atlantes, Barytes, Bootes, Cerastes, Certes, Chaetetes, Clidastes, Cortes, Cyphonautes, Dalmanites, Dermestes, Ecclesiastes, Ephialtes, Favosites, Gasteromycetes, Gerontes, Halysites, Hymenomycetes, Lates, Microlestes, Mycetes, Myxomycetes, Myzontes, Nates, Nemertes, Nummulites, Optimates, Orbitolites, Penates, Pentremites, Porites, Primates, Procrustes, Pterocletes, Quirites, Rudistes, Saccharomycetes, Schizomycetes, Sorites, Troglodytes, Tympanites, Vadantes, Vagantes, Venantes. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-e-o-p-r-s-s-t"
	-1 letter: coarsest, coasters, espartos, postrace, precasts, prosects, protases, seaports.
	-2 letters: actress, aspects, capotes, captors, carpets, casters, castors, coaster, coaters, copters, corpses, corsets, costars, costers, escarps, escorts, esparto, parsecs, pasters, pastors, petasos, posters, preacts, precast, prestos, process, prosect, proteas, recasts, repasts, respots, sapotes, scapose, scoters, scrapes, seaport, secpars, sectors, soapers, spacers, sparest, spectra, stopers, toecaps.
	-3 letters: across, actors, ascots, aspect, aspers, assert, assort, asters, capers, capote, captor, caress, carets, carpet, carses, cartes, cartop, caster, castes, castor, caters, cestas, cestos, coapts, coarse, coasts, coater, copers, copras, copses, copter, corpse, corses, corset, cosets, cosset, costae, costar, coster, crapes, crases, crates, crests, crosse, epacts, escarp, escars, escort, escots, estops, oaters, operas, orates, pacers, pareos, parsec, parses, paseos, passer, paster, pastes, pastor, paters, pestos, posers, posset, poster, prases, prates, preact, presto, prests, proses, protea, ptoses, reacts, recaps, recast, rectos, repass, repast, repots, respot, roasts, rosets, sapors, sapote, scapes, scares, scarps, scarts, scopes, scores, scoter, scrape, scraps, scrota, secpar, sector, seracs, serosa, soaper, sorest, spacer, spaces, spares, sparse, spates, spears, spores, sports, sprats, stapes, stares, stoper, stopes, stores, straps, streps, strops, tapers, tarocs, toecap, topers, torses, tosser, traces, trapes, tropes, tsores.
	-4 letters: acres, actor, apers, aport, apres, apses, apter, arose, arses, ascot, asper, asset, aster, caper, capes, capos, cares, caret, carps, carse, carte, carts, cases, caste, casts, cater, cates, ceros, cesta, coapt, coast, coats, coper, copes, copra, copse, cores, corps, corse, coses, coset, costa, costs, cotes, crape, craps, crass, crate, crept, cress, crest, crops, cross, easts, epact, escar, escot, estop, oases, oasts, oater, ocrea, opera, orate, orcas, pacer, paces, pacts, pareo, pares, parse, parts, paseo, pases, passe, paste, pasts, pater, pates, pears, peart, peats, pesos, pesto, pests, poets, pores, ports, poser, poses, posse, posts, praos, prase, prate, prats, presa, press, prest, proas, prose, pross, prost, psoae, psoas, races, rapes, rases, rasps, rates, ratos, react, reaps, recap, recta, recto, repos, repot, rests, roast, ropes, roses, roset, rotas, rotes, sapor, saros, sates, scape, scare, scarp, scars, scart, scats, scope, scops, score, scots, scrap, sears, seats, sects, septa, septs, serac, soaps, soars, soras, sores, sorts, space, spaes, spare, spars, spate, spats, spear, specs, spore, sport, spots, sprat, stare, stars, steps, stoae, stoas, stope, stops, store, strap, strep, strop, taces, tacos, taper, tapes, tares, taroc, taros, tarps, tasse, tears, tepas, toeas, toper, topes, toras, torcs, tores, torse, trace, traps, trass, tress, trope, tsars.
	-5 letters: aces, acre, acts, aero, aper, apes, apse, arco, arcs, ares, arse, arts, asps, ates, atop, cape, capo, caps, care, carp, cars, cart.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-e-o-p-r-s-s-t"
	+1 letter: spaceports, spectators.
	+2 letters: gastroscope, speculators.
	+3 letters: absorptances, arthroscopes, atmospherics, cataphoreses, cataphoresis, catastrophes, ceratopsians, compensators, craftsperson, crapshooters, crosspatches, gastroscopes, spatterdocks, spectrograms, spirochaetes, sportscaster.
	+4 letters: arthroscopies, craftspersons, ectoparasites, gastroscopies, inspectorates, perissodactyl, personalistic, pictorialness, postfractures, postsecondary, proconsulates, spectatorship, spectrographs, spermatocytes, sportscasters, stratospheric, supercautious, triceratopses.
	+5 letters: anticensorship, asthenospheric, claustrophobes, containerships, copartnerships, ergastoplasmic, overspeculates, pantisocracies, perissodactyls, preadolescents, processability, procrastinates, prognosticates, spectatorships, spinthariscope, subatmospheric, thermoplastics.
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