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REDBUG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does redbug mean? 

REDBUG (noun)
  The noun REDBUG has 1 sense:

1. larval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings causing intense irritationplay

  Familiarity information: REDBUG used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


REDBUG (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Larval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings causing intense irritation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

chigger; harvest mite; jigger; redbug

Hypernyms ("redbug" is a kind of...):

trombiculid (mite that as nymph and adult feeds on early stages of small arthropods but whose larvae are parasitic on terrestrial vertebrates)

Holonyms ("redbug" is a member of...):

genus Trombicula; Trombicula (type genus of the family Trombiculidae)


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