n pl :  a large and widely distributed family of mites that now includes only forms that feed in all stages on other arthropods but formerly included medically important forms whose larvae are chiggers and which are now included in the family Trombiculidae trom*bid*i*id adj or n 
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  der·ma·toid  Trem·a·to·da  trem·a·tode 
 
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