chigger
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.
Origin of chigger
1- Also jigger.
Words Nearby chigger
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How to use chigger in a sentence
The body spray is made with 20 percent picaridin and protects you against mosquitos, ticks, gnats, chiggers, sand flies, biting flies, and no-see-ums for eight to twelve hours.
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.
Oak-mite bites: Cicadas may have left D.C. region an itchy gift | Ellie Silverman | July 30, 2021 | Washington PostLoomis in his study of the chigger mites of Kansas examined many of the racers captured in the early years of my field work.
Natural History of the Racer Coluber constrictor | Henry S. FitchThe racer is an important host of the common pest chigger, Trombicula alfreddugsi, which often attacks humans.
Natural History of the Racer Coluber constrictor | Henry S. FitchFour species of the chigger genus Trombicula have been recorded on racers from the Reservation.
Natural History of the Racer Coluber constrictor | Henry S. Fitch
It is a host and carrier of various parasites, including at least one species that regularly attacks humans—the common chigger.
Life History and Ecology of the Five-lined Skink, Eumeces fasciatus | Henry S. FitchWhat was most aggravating were two pests of that region, the seed-tick and the chigger.
Tenting on the Plains | Elizabeth B. Custer
British Dictionary definitions for chigger
/ (ˈtʃɪɡə) /
Also called: chigoe, redbug US and Canadian 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 (def. 1)
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