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chigger
[chig-er]
noun
Also called harvest mite, redbug.the six-legged larva of a mite of the family Trombiculidae, parasitic on humans and other vertebrates, sucking blood and causing severe itching and acting as a vector of scrub typhus and other infectious diseases.
chigger
/ ˈʃɪɡə /
noun
Also called: chigoe. redbug.the parasitic larva of any of various free-living mites of the family Trombidiidae, which causes intense itching of human skin
another name for the chigoe
Example Sentences
The IgE-mediated allergy is triggered after repeated bites from ticks or chigger mites that have bitten those mammals.
Q: My garden is full of chiggers, and the itch from the bites drives me crazy.
While Suah does not know with certainty which bug is causing his patients so much distress, he said they are similar in appearance to bites from chiggers or oak mites.
The idea that one might dissect a chigger was also ridiculous in 1610—but, thanks to the microscope, that too would soon be possible.
If 2020 were a camping trip, the poison ivy would have chiggers on it.
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