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TROMBICULA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the family Trombiculidae
Synonyms:
genus Trombicula; Trombicula
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Trombicula" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "Trombicula"):
chigger; harvest mite; jigger; redbug (larval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings causing intense irritation)
Holonyms ("Trombicula" is a member of...):
family Trombiculidae; Trombiculidae (mites)