HyperDic: redbug

English > 1 sense of the word redbug:
NOUNanimalredbug, harvest mite, chigger, jiggerlarval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings causing intense irritation
English > redbug: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaninglarval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings causing intense irritation.
Synonymsharvest mite, chigger, jigger
Member ofTrombicula, genus Trombiculatype genus of the family Trombiculidae
Broadertrombiculidmite that as nymph and adult feeds on early stages / stages of small arthropods but whose larvae are parasitic on terrestrial / terrestrial vertebrates
Spanishácaro de la cosecha, ácaros de la cosecha, redbug
Catalanredbug

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