Definition of chigger Chigger
chig•ger
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WordNet
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| chigger - larval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings causing intense irritation | ||
| harvest mite, jigger, redbug | ||
| trombiculid mite that as nymph and adult feeds on early stages of small arthropods but whose larvae are parasitic on terrestrial vertebrates | ||
| 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 | ||
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Wiktionary 
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chigger
A flea of the species Tunga penetrans of tropical America and Africa, the impregnated female of which embeds itself in the skin, especially of the feet, of humans and animals and becomes greatly distended with eggs.
Part of speech
🔤- chigger, noun, singular of chiggers.
