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chigger vs trombiculid

trombiculid vs chigger

chigger and trombiculid both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
chigger Yes No No No
trombiculid Yes No No No
As nouns, trombiculid is a hypernym of chigger; that is, trombiculid is a word with a broader meaning than chigger:
  • chigger: larval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings causing intense irritation
  • trombiculid: mite that as nymph and adult feeds on early stages of small arthropods but whose larvae are parasitic on terrestrial vertebrates
chigger (noun) trombiculid (noun)
larval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings causing intense irritation mite that as nymph and adult feeds on early stages of small arthropods but whose larvae are parasitic on terrestrial vertebrates
small tropical flea; the fertile female burrows under the skin of the host including humans
Difference between chigger and trombiculid

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