trombiculid

English Thesaurus

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

hypernym	:	mite,
definition	:	any of numerous very small to minute arachnids often infesting animals or plants or stored foods (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	chigger, harvest mite, jigger, redbug,
definition	:	larval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings causing intense irritation (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	family trombiculidae, trombiculidae,
definition	:	mites (noun.animal)