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TROMBICULA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Type genus of the family Trombiculidae

Synonyms:

genus Trombicula; Trombicula

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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)

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