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/ˈt͡ʃɪɡɚ/ · noun
A chigoe (Tunga penetrans), a kind of flea found in tropical climates..
Dr. Lareau, an emergency medicine physician at Carilion Franklin Memorial Hospital in Virginia, had seen these marks once or twice before on patients. She knew what had caused them. They were from chiggers, a species of tiny, reddish-brown mites able to leave bites that remain itchy for days or weeks.
—He's not black, Stacia Jacobs who smelled like pee said. — He's yellow and black. He's a chigger. Do you know what a chigger is? It's a chink and a nigger.
Use chigger when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Chigger means A chigoe (Tunga penetrans), a kind of flea found in tropical climates..
Common synonyms include harvest mite, chigoe, chigoe flea, redbug.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Dr. Lareau, an emergency medicine physician at Carilion Franklin Memorial Hospital in Virginia, had seen these marks once or twice before on patients. She knew what had caused them. They were from chiggers, a species of tiny, reddish-brown mites able to leave bites that remain itchy for days or weeks.
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