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red bug

also red·bug (rĕd′bŭg′)

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redbug

(ˈrɛdˌbʌɡ)

(Animals) US another name for chigger¹

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chig•ger

(ˈtʃɪg ər)

n.

1. Also called harvest mite. the six-legged, bloodsucking larva of a mite of the family Trombiculidae, parasitic on vertebrates.

2. chigoe.

[1735–45, Amer.; variant of chigoe]

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Noun

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

harvest mite, chigger, jigger

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

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