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noun
Any of various insects or arachnids the bites of which produce raised sores.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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noun
A harvest mite, Trombicula sp.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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noun
A mite of species Acarus autumnalis, synonym of Neotrombicula autumnalis
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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History
Compound of wheal + worm, after the pustule or wheal resulting from a bite.
