- chig
- chig·e·tai;chig·ger;chig·oe;mil·chig;chig·ga;
English syllables. 2014.
chig
Look at other dictionaries:
chig|oe — «CHIHG oh», noun. 1. a flea of tropical America, Africa, and India; chigger; jigger. The female burrows under the skin of people and animals, where it causes severe itching and sores. 2. = chigger (def. 1). (Cf. ↑chigger) ╂[< French chique;… … Useful english dictionary
chig|re — «CHIHG uhr», noun. = chigoe. (Cf. ↑chigoe) … Useful english dictionary
chig|ger — «CHIHG uhr», noun. 1. the larva of certain mites; chigoe; jigger. Chiggers stick to the skin and suck the blood, causing severe itching. »Ticks…and their tiny cousins, the chiggers, can make life miserable for outdoorsmen (Science News Letter). 2 … Useful english dictionary
chig·ger — /ˈʧıgɚ/ noun, pl gers [count] US : a small insect that bites people and causes painful swelling on the skin … Useful english dictionary
mil|chig — «MIHLkhihk», adjective. (in Jewish dietary law) restricted to dairy foods or products: »a milchig meal, milchig dishes. ╂[< Yiddish milkhig (literally) milky] … Useful english dictionary
chigga — chig·ga … English syllables
chigoe — chig·oe … English syllables
chigoe — chig•oe [[t]ˈtʃɪg oʊ[/t]] n. ent a flea, Tunga penetrans, of tropical America and Africa, the impregnated female of which embeds itself in the skin of humans and animals and becomes distended with eggs Also called chig′oe flea ,chigger 2),jigger… … From formal English to slang
chigetai — /chig i tuy /, n. a Mongolian wild ass, Equus hemionus hemionus, related to the onager. Also called dziggetai. [ < Mongolian chikitei lit., with ears, eared, deriv. of chiki(n) ear] * * * … Universalium
chigger — /chig euhr/, n. 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… … Universalium
