English Explanatory Dictionary

demodex

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of the genus Demodex of mites.

Word forms

demodex demodexes demodices

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Demodex, from Ancient Greek δημός (dēmós, “fat”, noun) + δήξ (dḗx, “worm in wood”).

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