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harvest mite

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harvest mite
n.
See chigger.
harvest mite, tick
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) the bright red parasitic larva of any of various free-living mites of the genus Trombicula and related genera, which causes intense itching of human skin
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Noun1.harvest mite - larval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings causing intense irritation
redbug, 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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