REDBUG

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Larval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings causing intense irritation

Synonyms:

chigger; harvest mite; jigger; redbug

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("redbug" is a kind of...):

trombiculid (mite that as nymph and adult feeds on early stages of small arthropods but whose larvae are parasitic on terrestrial vertebrates)

Holonyms ("redbug" is a member of...):

genus Trombicula; Trombicula (type genus of the family Trombiculidae)