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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
... industrious,—that is, he practised what in Havana passed for industry,—was fond of his wife, cared little for cock-fighting or the bull-ring, was of placid demeanor, and was altogether the sort of man who could be relied on not to attend secret meetings or lose valued sleep by drilling in hot barns or chigger-infested clearings in the woods. Yet it was on Morelos's oath that this obscure ...
— Myths & Legends of our New Possessions & Protectorate • Charles M. Skinner
... musician is plunking a banjo imitation on his enchanted instrument, which is unceremoniously drowned out by a circus-tune from Doc that is absolutely inspiring to every one but the barefooted brother, who drops back listlessly to his old position on the floor and sullenly renews operations on his "chigger" claims. ...
— Complete Works of James Whitcomb Riley • James Whitcomb Riley


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