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chig·oe  (chg, chg)

n.

1. A small tropical flea (Tunga penetrans), the fertilized female of which burrows under the skin of animals and humans, causing intense irritation and sores that may become severely infected. Also called chigger, jigger², sand flea.

2. See chigger.

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[Possibly from Galibi chico or of African origin; see jigger².]

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chigoe [ˈtʃɪgəʊ]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) Also called chigger jigger sand flea a tropical flea, Tunga penetrans, the female of which lives on or burrows into the skin of its host, which includes man

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) another name for chigger [1]

[from Carib chigo]

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Noun

1.

chigoe - small tropical flea; the fertile female burrows under the skin of the host including humans chigger, chigoe flea, Tunga penetrans flea - any wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap genus Tunga, Tunga - a genus of Siphonaptera