Medical Dictionary

Trombidiidae

noun pl Trom·bi·di·idae \ˌträm-bə-ˈdī-ə-ˌdē\

Medical Definition of TROMBIDIIDAE

:  a family of mites that now includes only forms that feed in all stages on other arthropods but formerly included mites whose larvae are chiggers and which are now included in the family Trombiculidae
trom·bid·i·id \-ˈbid-ē-əd\ adjective or noun

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