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Chigger

noun
1.
Small tropical flea; the fertile female burrows under the skin of the host including humans.  Synonyms: chigoe, chigoe flea, Tunga penetrans.
2.
Larval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings causing intense irritation.  Synonyms: harvest mite, jigger, redbug.



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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


Words linked to "Chigger" :   Tunga, trombiculid, Trombicula, genus Tunga, harvest mite, chigoe flea, chigger flower, flea, genus Trombicula


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