chigoe
chigoe — noun
- chigoesingular
- chigoesplural
1. a very small tropical flea that digs into the skin of animals and people, where
a very small tropical flea that digs into the skin of animals and people, where the female lives and lays eggs, often causing a painful swelling around the entry point.
Takeshi got a chigoe bite on his foot after walking barefoot on a Brazilian beach.
collocation: chigoe bite + barefoot on [beach]
The farmer found a swelling on his ankle from a chigoe burrowing under the skin.
Mira's dog picked up several chigoes during a walk through the Costa Rican rainforest.
Adisa removed a chigoe from under the skin of a traveler's toe with tweezers.
Children in rural tropical areas are encouraged to wear shoes to avoid chigoe infestations.
文法句型
chigoe + verb (singular / plural)
用法筆記
Only the female chigoe burrows into the skin — the male does not. The feet and toes are the most common sites of infestation, especially in sandy or dusty ground.
常見錯誤
2. a very tiny creature related to spiders that clings to the skin of animals and p
a very tiny creature related to spiders that clings to the skin of animals and people in grassy areas and feeds on skin cells, leaving small red marks that feel very itchy.
Andrés got red bumps on his legs after sitting in tall grass — chigoe bites.
collocation: chigoe bites from sitting in [location]
Lakshmi scratched the red marks on her arms caused by chigoe mites in the grass.
The rash on Liam's ankles was from chigoe mites at the campsite near the river.
Minh wore long socks to protect her skin from chigoe mites while hiking.
A chigoe mite is so small you cannot see it until red bumps appear.
- chigger
the standard American English name for the same mite
- harvest mite
less common name for the larval stage of certain trombiculid mites
文法句型
chigoe + verb (singular / plural)
用法筆記
Unlike sense 1, a chigoe mite does not burrow into the skin — it attaches to the surface and injects saliva that causes the itching and redness. Often called chigger in American English.