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Trombicula

noun

type genus of the family Trombiculidae

• Syn: ↑genus Trombicula

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Trombiculidae, ↑family Trombiculidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑harvest mite, ↑chigger, ↑jigger, ↑redbug

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\\trämˈbikyələ\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Trombidium + -cula -cle

: a genus of mites that is the type of the family Trombiculidae and that contains some mites that in the Orient transmit tsutsugamushi disease

Useful english dictionary. 2012.