noun
- Small tropical flea; the fertile female burrows under the skin of the host including humans.
- synonyms: chigoe, chigoe flea, Tunga penetrans
- Larval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings causing intense irritation.
- synonyms: harvest mite, jigger, redbug
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