chigger
pronunciation
How to pronounce chigger in British English:
UK [ˈtʃɪɡə(r); ˈdʒɪɡə(r)]
How to pronounce chigger in American English:
US [ ˈtʃɪɡər]
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- Noun:
- small tropical flea; the fertile female burrows under the skin of the host including humans
- larval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings causing intense irritation
Word Origin
- chigger (n.)
- 1756, from West Indies chigoe (1660s), possibly from Carib, or from or influenced by words from African languages (such as Wolof and Yoruba jiga "insect").
Example
- 1. Study on detection of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome virus structural protein in chigger mite .
- 2. It demonstrated the existence of hfrsv in gamasid mite and chigger mite by molecular biology furtherly .
- 3. Some heard that message , I understand that there is not zhoulang chigger , but fengxiao a chigger .