EGAVE

chigger

About 0.04 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A chigoe (Tunga penetrans), a kind of flea found in tropical climates.
  2. noun A harvest mite (Trombiculidae spp.), a very small, red mite endemic to the Midwestern and Southeastern US, the infestation of which causes intense itching.
  3. noun An East Asian person who behaves in ways similar to a stereotypical urban African American.

Similar words

chigoe flea harvest mite chigoe redbug jigger tunga penetrans bites mites chegoe nigua

Often followed by

bites mites bite mite and was had is of

Word family

chiggers

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