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Chigger

🔄 Synonyms of "Chigger"

6 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
chigoenoun	A small tropical flea, Tunga penetrans, whose females burrow under the skin of animals, including humans, and lay their eggs, causing strong irritation and sores.
harvest mitenoun	Any of various mites of family Trombiculidae that inhabit forests and grasslands and which, in their larval stage, attach to various animals including humans and feed on skin, often causing itching.
chigoe fleanoun	The chigoe (Tunga penetrans)
redbugnoun	Any member of the family Pyrrhocoridae of true bugs.
tunga penetrans	a species of flea also known as the jigger, jigger flea, chigoe, chigo, chigoe flea, chigo flea, nigua, sand flea, or burrowing flea.
jiggernoun	(US) A double-ended vessel, generally of stainless steel or other metal, one end of which typically measures 1½ fluid ounces (approx. 44 ml), the other typically 1 fluid ounce (approx. 30 ml).

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Chigger"

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Word	Definition
chigoe fleanoun	The chigoe (Tunga penetrans)
harvest mitenoun	Any of various mites of family Trombiculidae that inhabit forests and grasslands and which, in their larval stage, attach to various animals including humans and feed on skin, often causing itching.
chigoenoun	A small tropical flea, Tunga penetrans, whose females burrow under the skin of animals, including humans, and lay their eggs, causing strong irritation and sores.
redbugnoun	Any member of the family Pyrrhocoridae of true bugs.
jiggernoun	(US) A double-ended vessel, generally of stainless steel or other metal, one end of which typically measures 1½ fluid ounces (approx. 44 ml), the other typically 1 fluid ounce (approx. 30 ml).
tunga penetrans	a species of flea also known as the jigger, jigger flea, chigoe, chigo, chigoe flea, chigo flea, nigua, sand flea, or burrowing flea.
bitesnoun	(mathematics, computing) A binary digit, generally represented as a 1 or 0.
mites	MITES, or MIT Introduction to Engineering and Science, is a highly selective six-week summer program for rising high school seniors held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
chegoenoun	Dated form of chigoe. [A small tropical flea, Tunga penetrans, whose females burrow under the skin of animals, including humans, and lay their eggs, causing strong irritation and sores.]
niguanoun	A tropical flea, the chigoe.
chegrenoun	Dated form of chigoe. [A small tropical flea, Tunga penetrans, whose females burrow under the skin of animals, including humans, and lay their eggs, causing strong irritation and sores.]
sand fleanoun	Any of various small crustaceans of the family Talitridae (order Amphipoda), that are found on beaches and jump like a flea.
sandwormnoun	(US) A clam worm or ragworm, of species Alitta virens.
chinchnoun	The bedbug (Cimex lectularius).
goatchafernoun	The dor, a kind of dung beetle.
doodlebugnoun	(informal, British) The V-1 flying bomb.
may bugnoun	cockchafer
chironominenoun	Any midge of the subfamily Chironominae
chafernoun	Any of several scarab beetles, including the cockchafer, leaf chafer, and rose chafer.
kissing bugnoun	Any of a number of haematophagous bugs belonging to the subfamily Triatominae that feed on the blood of vertebrates, including humans, and which are known for spreading Chagas' disease.