chigger
English Thesaurus
1. larval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings causing intense irritation (noun.animal)
hypernym | : | trombiculid, |
definition | : | mite that as nymph and adult feeds on early stages of small arthropods but whose larvae are parasitic on terrestrial vertebrates (noun.animal) |
2. small tropical flea; the fertile female burrows under the skin of the host including humans (noun.animal)
hypernym | : | flea, |
definition | : | any wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap (noun.animal) |
member meronym | : | genus tunga, tunga, |
definition | : | a genus of Siphonaptera (noun.animal) |
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