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CHIGGER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Larval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings causing intense irritation
Synonyms:
chigger; harvest mite; jigger; redbug
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("chigger" is a kind of...):
trombiculid (mite that as nymph and adult feeds on early stages of small arthropods but whose larvae are parasitic on terrestrial vertebrates)
Holonyms ("chigger" is a member of...):
genus Trombicula; Trombicula (type genus of the family Trombiculidae)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Small tropical flea; the fertile female burrows under the skin of the host including humans
Synonyms:
chigger; chigoe; chigoe flea; Tunga penetrans
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("chigger" is a kind of...):
flea (any wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap)
Holonyms ("chigger" is a member of...):
genus Tunga; Tunga (a genus of Siphonaptera)
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