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CHIGOE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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:
Hypernyms ("chigoe" is a kind of...):
flea (any wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap)
Holonyms ("chigoe" is a member of...):
genus Tunga; Tunga (a genus of Siphonaptera)
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