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harvest mite

American

noun

chigger.

harvest mite British

noun

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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Etymology

Origin of harvest mite

An Americanism dating back to 1870–75

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