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Chigger   Listen
noun
chigger  n.  
1.
A small tropical flea (Tunga penetrans, formerly Pulex penetrans); same as chigoe. (Also spelled chigre)
Synonyms: chigoe, chigoe flea, Tunga penetrans.
2.
A larval mite of the family Trombiculidae that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings, causing intense irritation, and serving to transmit several infectious diseases.
Synonyms: harvest mite, jigger, redbug.


Chigre, Chigoe  n.  (Written also chegre, chegoe, chique, chigger, jigger)  (Zool.) A species of flea (Tunga penetrans, formerly Pulex penetrans), common in the West Indies and South America, which often attacks the feet or any exposed part of the human body, and burrowing beneath the skin produces great irritation. When the female is allowed to remain and breed, troublesome sores result, which are sometimes dangerous. See Jigger. Note: The name is sometimes erroneously given to certain mites or ticks having similar habits.





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"Chigger" Quotes from Famous Books



... When the enterprising chigger is a-chigging And maturing his felonious little plan, He loves to climb the lingerie and rigging And ...
— The So-called Human Race • Bert Leston Taylor


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