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chig·ger

 (chĭg′ər)
n.
1. Any of various small, six-legged larvae of mites of the family Trombiculidae that parasitize humans and other vertebrates. The chigger's bite produces a wheal that is usually accompanied by severe itching. Also called chigoe, harvest bug, harvest mite, jigger2, red bug.
2. See chigoe.

[Alteration of chigoe.]
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chigger

(ˈtʃɪɡə)
n
1. (Animals) Also called: chigoe or 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
2. (Animals) another name for the chigoe1
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chig•ger

(ˈtʃɪg ər)

n.
1. Also called harvest mite. the six-legged, bloodsucking larva of a mite of the family Trombiculidae, parasitic on vertebrates.
2. chigoe.
[1735–45, Amer.; variant of chigoe]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.chigger - small tropical fleachigger - small tropical flea; the fertile female burrows under the skin of the host including humans
flea - any wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap
genus Tunga, Tunga - a genus of Siphonaptera
2.chigger - larval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings causing intense irritation
trombiculid - mite that as nymph and adult feeds on early stages of small arthropods but whose larvae are parasitic on terrestrial vertebrates
genus Trombicula, Trombicula - type genus of the family Trombiculidae
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Translations
ácaro de la cosechaácaro rojonigua
aoutat

chigger

n ácaro de la cosecha, ácaro rojo, larva roja de ciertos ácaros
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In Brazil, the larvae of this chigger mite have been reported as ectoparasites on lizards in 'restinga' (sandy coastal) vegetation formations (Cunha-Barros and Rocha, 1995, 2000; Cunha-Barros et al., 2003), on tropidurid lizards from 'cerrado' (savanna) vegetation regions (Carvalho et al., 2006), and in the ecotone between the 'caatinga' (dry thorny shrub/stunted trees) and 'campos rupestres' (higher altitude rocky field) habitats (Rocha et al., 2008).
Eutrombicula alfreddugesi is an ectoparasitic chigger mite of a large number of amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals (Philips, 2000; de Carvalho et al., 2006; Lareschi, 2006; Paredes-Leon et al., 2006, 2008; Rubio and Simonetti, 2009).