Daily Almanac for
Nov 30, 2009
Search: Infoplease Info search tips
Search: Biographies Bio search tips

Dictionary


chig•ger



Pronunciation: (chig'ur), [key]
n.
1. Also called harvest mite, redbug. the six-legged larva of a mite of the family Trombiculidae, parasitic on humans and other vertebrates, sucking blood and causing severe itching and acting as a vector of scrub typhus and other infectious diseases.
2. chigoe. Also,jigger.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

chigetaichignon
    • Cite
    • Print
    • Bookmark
See also:

 

Related Content