- family Trombiculidae
- nounmites• Syn: ↑Trombiculidae• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family• Member Holonyms: ↑Acarina, ↑order Acarina• Member Meronyms: ↑trombiculid, ↑Trombicula, ↑genus Trombicula
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family Trombiculidae
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Trombiculidae — This article is about the harvest mite and chigger. For other uses, see Chigger (disambiguation). Trombiculidae Adult Trombidium holosericeum Scientific classification … Wikipedia
Trombiculidae — noun mites • Syn: ↑family Trombiculidae • Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family • Member Holonyms: ↑Acarina, ↑order Acarina • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Trombiculidae — A family of mites whose larvae (redbugs, rougets, harvest mites, scrub mites, or chiggers) are parasitic on vertebrates and whose nymphs and adults are bright red and free living, living on insect eggs or minute organisms in the soil. The six… … Medical dictionary
arthropod family — noun any of the arthropods • Hypernyms: ↑family • Hyponyms: ↑Phalangiidae, ↑family Phalangiidae, ↑Argiopidae, ↑family Argiopidae, ↑orb weaver, ↑Theridiidae, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Trombicula — noun type genus of the family Trombiculidae • Syn: ↑genus Trombicula • Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Trombiculidae, ↑family Trombiculidae • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Trombidiidae — A family of mites that formerly included the subfamily Trombiculinae, now raised to the family Trombiculidae (including the vectors of tsutsugamushi disease). T. larvae are characteristically parasitic on insects, not on vertebrates as with the… … Medical dictionary
chigger — The six legged larva of Trombicula species and other members of the family Trombiculidae; a bloodsucking stage of mites that includes the vectors of scrub typhus. * * * chig·ger chig ər, jig n 1) CHIGOE (1) … Medical dictionary
Trombicula — The chigger mite, a genus of mites (family Trombiculidae) whose larvae (chiggers, red bugs) include pests of humans and other animals, and vectors of rickettsial diseases. T. akamushi SYN: Leptotrombidium akamushi. T. alfreddugesi a mite species… … Medical dictionary
Neotrombicula — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Arachnid … Wikipedia
Trombicula — Larval harvest mite from North America Scientific classification Kingdom: Animal … Wikipedia
