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Trombiculidae

noun pl Trom·bi·cu·li·dae \ˌträm-bə-ˈkyü-lə-ˌdē\

Medical Definition of TROMBICULIDAE

:  a large and widely distributed family of mites whose nymphs and adults feed on early stages of small arthropods but whose larvae include the chiggers and are parasites on terrestrial vertebrates including humans
trom·bic·u·lid \träm-ˈbik-yə-ləd\ adjective or noun

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