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CHIGOE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chigoe mean? 

CHIGOE (noun)
  The noun CHIGOE has 1 sense:

1. small tropical flea; the fertile female burrows under the skin of the host including humansplay

  Familiarity information: CHIGOE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CHIGOE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Small tropical flea; the fertile female burrows under the skin of the host including humans

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

chigger; chigoe; chigoe flea; Tunga penetrans

Hypernyms ("chigoe" is a kind of...):

flea (any wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap)

Holonyms ("chigoe" is a member of...):

genus Tunga; Tunga (a genus of Siphonaptera)


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