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Thesaurus: wheal-worm

wheal-worm (plural wheal-worms) (archaic) Any of various insects or arachnids the bites of which produce raised sores. (archaic) A harvest mite, Trombicula sp. (obsolete) Acarus autumnalis, a species of mite

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  1. wheal-worm (plural wheal-worms) (archaic) Any of various insects or arachnids the bites of which produce raised sores. (archaic) A harvest mite, Trombicula sp. (obsolete) Acarus autumnalis, a species of mite