wheal-worm

名词 n.
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名词 n.
  1. Any of various insects or arachnids the bites of which produce raised sores. archaic
    — It may be ſome will think it impoſſible for theſe Wheal-worms to breed between the eyes; but we ſee it is ſo, and we finde it was done ſo formerly
  2. A harvest mite, Trombicula sp. archaic
    — wheal-worm, n 1. The itch-mite acarus scabiei 2. The acarine Leptus autumnalis, or some similar harvest-bug: so named from the wheals or pimples left by its bite. See cut under harvest-mite.
  3. A mite of species Acarus autumnalis, synonym of Neotrombicula autumnalis obsolete
    — ACARUS AUTUMNALIS. Harvest-bug. Mower's Mite. Wheal-worm. Rouget. The acarus autumnalis is scarcely larger than the acarus scabiei

词形变化

wheal-worms plural whealworm alternative

词源

Compound of wheal + worm, after the pustule or wheal resulting from a bite.
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