Chigoe flea

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The chigoe (Tunga penetrans)

    "In one version of the legend, the move was owing to an intolerable infestation by chigoe fleas in the Pokolum area (cf. Hunn 1977, 307)."

  2. 2
    small tropical flea; the fertile female burrows under the skin of the host including humans wordnet

Synonyms

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chiggerchigoetunga penetrans

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"In one version of the legend, the move was owing to an intolerable infestation by chigoe fleas in the Pokolum area (cf. Hunn 1977, 307)."

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