(also jiggˈer) a tropical American, African and Indian sand flea (Tunga penetrans), the pregnant female of which buries itself in the skin of its host, esp beneath the toenails
The parasitic larva of a harvest mite (genus Trombicula) of America, Europe and Asia, that burrows in the skin
ORIGIN: W Ind name; cf Carib chigo, and Wolof (W African language) jiga an insect