chigger
Meaning
- A chigoe (Tunga penetrans), a kind of flea found in tropical climates.
- A harvest mite (Trombiculidae spp.), a very small, red mite endemic to the Midwestern and Southeastern US, the infestation of which causes intense itching.
Synonyms
Tunga penetrans
skin burrowing animal
bush mite
chigger mite
Mower’s mite
trombicula
Translations
nigua
aoutat
Sandfloh
Tunga penetrans
scabbia
pulgaPronounced as (IPA)
/ˈt͡ʃɪɡɚ/
Etymology
From chigoe, likely from a Cariban language term such as Kari'na siko (“chigoe”) (early recorded variant chico), from Proto-Cariban *tikô.
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