Definition of chigoe Chigoe

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Noun

Plural: chigoes

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
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  • chigoe (Noun)
    A small tropical flea, Tunga penetrans , whose females burrow under the skin of animals, including humans, and lay their eggs, causing strong irritation and sores.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • chigoe (n.)
    Alt. of Chigre

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • chigoe
    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.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • chigoe
    chig′ō, Chigre, Chigger, chig′ėr, n. a species of flea of the West Indies, the female of which buries itself beneath the toe-nails, and produces troublesome sores. [Fr. chique.]

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