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TROMBICULIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Mites

Synonyms:

family Trombiculidae; Trombiculidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Trombiculidae" is a kind of...):

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Trombiculidae"):

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

genus Trombicula; Trombicula (type genus of the family Trombiculidae)

Holonyms ("Trombiculidae" is a member of...):

Acarina; order Acarina (mites and ticks)

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