CHIGOE

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 I. (noun) 

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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 ("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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