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TROMBICULIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Trombiculidae mean?
• TROMBICULIDAE (noun)
The noun TROMBICULIDAE has 1 sense:
1. mites
Familiarity information: TROMBICULIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Mites
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Trombiculidae; Trombiculidae
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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