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Noun: chigoe  chi-gow
  1. Small tropical flea; the fertile female burrows under the skin of the host including humans
    - chigger, chigoe flea, Tunga penetrans

Derived forms: chigoes

Type of: flea

Part of: genus Tunga, Tunga

Encyclopedia: Chigoe