trombiculid

Definitions of trombiculid

1. noun

   mite that as nymph and adult feeds on early stages of small arthropods but whose larvae are parasitic on terrestrial vertebrates
   types:

   chigger, harvest mite, jigger, redbug

   larval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings causing intense irritation

   type of:

   mite

   any of numerous very small to minute arachnids often infesting animals or plants or stored foods