Definition of Chiggers. Meaning of Chiggers. Synonyms of Chiggers

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Definition of Chiggers

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Chigoe Chig"oe, Chigre Chig"re, n. [Cf. F. chigue, perh. fr. Catalan chic small, Sp. chico; or of Peruvian origin.] (Zo["o]l.) A species of flea (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. [Written also chegre, chegoe, chique, chigger, jigger.] Note: The name is sometimes erroneously given to certain mites or ticks having similar habits.

Meaning of Chiggers from wikipedia

- Trombicula, known as chiggers, red bugs, scrub-itch mites, or berry bugs, are small arachnids (eight-legged arthropods) in the Trombiculidae family. In...
- as chiggers and in Britain as harvest mites, but also known as berry bugs, bush-mites, red bugs or scrub-itch mites, are a family of mites. Chiggers are...
- especially those of the genus Trombicula (chiggers). The rash is also often known as chigger bites. Chiggers are commonly found on the tip of blades of...
- Look up chigger or harvest mite in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Chiggers are tiny harvest mites, members of the family Trombiculidae, that can cause...
- (spider mites, pea**** mites, red-legged earth mites, etc.), snout mites, chiggers, hair follicle mites, velvet mites, water mites, etc. Sphaerolichida -...
- PMC 4898135. PMID 23193514. "Chiggers." About.com. 27 Feb. 2009 <http://pediatrics.about.com/od/dermatologytopics/a/06_chiggers.htm> Linardi, Pedro Marcos;...
- Chigger Hill is an unincorporated community in DeKalb County, Alabama, United States. Chigger Hill was named from the fact the original settlers had to...
- Siphonaptera as it is a flea. Although commonly referred to as chiggers, true chiggers are mites, which are minute arachnids. Mites penetrate the skin...
- Alvin Lowell "Chigger" Browne (August 3, 1888 – March 2, 1955) was a college football player and track coach. Browne was a quarterback for the Sewanee...
- body lice, scrub typhus is caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi spread by chiggers, and murine typhus is caused by Rickettsia typhi spread by fleas. Vaccines...