redbug

1. 1.

   larval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings causing intense irritation

   Synonymsharvest mitechiggerjigger

   Broadertrombiculid

   Part ofTrombicula

Other forms of redbug

plural

redbugs·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about redbug

What does redbug mean?

redbug means "larval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings causing intense irritation".

How many syllables are in redbug?

redbug has 2 syllables: red-bug. The stress falls on "red".

What is another word for redbug?

Close synonyms include harvest mite, chigger, jigger. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is redbug a common word?

redbug is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.