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chigger

/chig-er/US // ˈtʃɪg ər //UK // (ˈtʃɪɡə) //

跳蚤,跳舞者,跳蚤市场,跳舞的人

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 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.
    • : chigoe.

Examples

  • The body spray is made with 20 percent picaridin and protects you against mosquitos, ticks, gnats, chiggers, sand flies, biting flies, and no-see-ums for eight to twelve hours.

  • While Suah does not know with certainty which bug is causing his patients so much distress, he said they are similar in appearance to bites from chiggers or oak mites.

  • Loomis in his study of the chigger mites of Kansas examined many of the racers captured in the early years of my field work.

  • The racer is an important host of the common pest chigger, Trombicula alfreddugsi, which often attacks humans.

  • Four species of the chigger genus Trombicula have been recorded on racers from the Reservation.

  • It is a host and carrier of various parasites, including at least one species that regularly attacks humans—the common chigger.

  • What was most aggravating were two pests of that region, the seed-tick and the chigger.