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chigger

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: chigger

1
 n
small tropical flea; the fertile female burrows under the skin of the host including humans
2
 n
larval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings causing intense irritation
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: chigger
1

n small tropical flea; the fertile female burrows under the skin of the host including humans

Synonyms:
Tunga penetrans, chigoe, chigoe flea
Type of:
flea
any wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap
2

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

Synonyms:
harvest mite, jigger, redbug
Type of:
trombiculid
mite that as nymph and adult feeds on early stages of small arthropods but whose larvae are parasitic on terrestrial vertebrates
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