Trombiculidae

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(chig·ger) the six-legged red larva of a mite of the family Trombiculidae; they infest many vertebrates, especially mammals ... small tropical flea; the fertile female burrows under the skin of the host including humans harvest mite: larval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings causing intense irritation.

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