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chig·ger

(chĭg′ər)

1. Any of various small, six-legged larvae of mites of the family Trombiculidae that parasitize humans and other vertebrates. The chigger's bite produces a wheal that is usually accompanied by severe itching. Also called chigoe, harvest bug, harvest mite, jigger², red bug.

2. See chigoe.

[Alteration of chigoe.]

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chigger

(ˈtʃɪɡə)

1. (Animals) Also called: chigoe or redbug US and Canadian the parasitic larva of any of various free-living mites of the family Trombidiidae, which causes intense itching of human skin

2. (Animals) another name for the chigoe¹

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chig•ger

(ˈtʃɪg ər)

n.

1. Also called harvest mite. the six-legged, bloodsucking larva of a mite of the family Trombiculidae, parasitic on vertebrates.

2. chigoe.

[1735–45, Amer.; variant of chigoe]

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Noun	1.	chigger - small tropical flea; the fertile female burrows under the skin of the host including humans chigoe, chigoe flea, Tunga penetrans flea - any wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap genus Tunga, Tunga - a genus of Siphonaptera
	2.	chigger - larval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings causing intense irritation harvest mite, redbug, jigger trombiculid - mite that as nymph and adult feeds on early stages of small arthropods but whose larvae are parasitic on terrestrial vertebrates genus Trombicula, Trombicula - type genus of the family Trombiculidae

Translations

ácaro de la cosechaácaro rojonigua

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chigger

n ácaro de la cosecha, ácaro rojo, larva roja de ciertos ácaros

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