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red⋅bug

  [red-buhg]
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–noun Chiefly South Atlantic States.
chigger (def. 1).
Origin:
1795–1805; red 1 + bug 1
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chig⋅ger

  [chig-er]
–noun
1. 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.
2. chigoe.
Also, jigger.

Origin:
1735–45, Americanism; var. of chigoe
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red bug also red·bug   (rěd'bŭg')
n.  See chigger.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

chigger 
1756, from W.Indies chigoe (1668), possibly from Carib, or of African origin (cf. Wolof and Yoruba jiga "insect").
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: chig·ger
Pronunciation: 'chig-&r, 'jig-
Function: noun
1 : CHIGOE1
2 : a 6-legged mite larva of the family Trombiculidae that sucks the blood of vertebrates and causes intense irritation
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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chigger (chĭg'ər)
n.

  1. The six-legged larva of mites of the family Trombiculidae, parasitic on humans and other vertebrates and inflicting a bite that produces a wheal accompanied by intense itching. Also called harvest bug, harvest mite, jigger, red bug.

  2. Chigoe.

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