Aleurobius

noun

Al·​eu·​ro·​bi·​us

ˌal-yə-ˈrō-bē-əs

: a genus of mites (family Tyroglyphidae) including a species (A. farinae) common in flour and stored cereals and implicated as a cause of enteritis and dysentery in animals feeding on such contaminated grain products

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from aleuro- + -bius

First Known Use

circa 1902, in the meaning defined above

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