chigoe

/chig-oh/US // ˈtʃɪg oʊ //UK // (ˈtʃɪɡəʊ) //

麒麟

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a flea, Tunga penetrans, of tropical America and Africa, the impregnated female of which embeds itself in the skin, especially of the feet, of humans and animals and becomes greatly distended with eggs.

It is like the red "chigoe" which inserts his tiny head in the flesh and burrows until he causes a throbbing fester.
Sarcopsylla, sr-kop-sil′a, n. a genus of American insects, including the jigger or chigoe.
One of the most important of these is the jigger-flea or chigoe (Dermatophilus penetrans, Fig. 33).
Occasionally a gorilla or a chimpanzee may get a chigoe in its toe.
The chigoe (Dermatophilus penetrans) is a native originally of South America.