TROMBICULA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Trombicula mean? 

• TROMBICULA (noun)
  The noun TROMBICULA has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the family Trombiculidae

  Familiarity information: TROMBICULA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TROMBICULA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the family Trombiculidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Trombicula; Trombicula

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)