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单词 chigoe
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
chig•oe  (chigō),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Insectsa flea, Tunga penetrans, of tropical America and Africa, the impregnated female of which embeds itself in the skin, esp. of the feet, of humans and animals and becomes greatly distended with eggs. Also called chigoe flea′, chigger, jigger, sand flea. 
  • Carib
  • 1685–95

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
chigoe /ˈtʃɪɡəʊ/ n

  1. Also called: chigger, jigger, sand flea a tropical flea, Tunga penetrans, the female of which lives on or burrows into the skin of its host, which includes man
  2. another name for chigger
Etymology: 17th Century: from Carib chigo
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