Ridgewood
Ridgewood residential village (1990 pop. 24,152), Bergen co., NE N.J.; inc. 1876. Ridgewood was the site of many American and British camps in the Revolutionary War.
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On yer jigger, Fat Owl of the Remove!
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 6/14/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...club, usually a 4 iron; 3. A 11/2 oz whisky measure; 4. A kind of sieve used for sifting ore; 5. Another word for a chigoe, the insect that burrows in your flesh; 6. A runabout truck on a a railway line (but only in New Zealand); 7. A device...
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A tourist with tungiasis
Magazine article from: Canadian Medical Association. Journal; 8/14/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...performed (Figure 3). Tungiasis is caused by an infestation of gravid female T. penetrans. T. penetransare also referred to as chigoe, jigger and sand flea. Common hosts include humans, dogs, cats and pigs. This ectoparasite is usually acquired by walking...
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Tungiasis: a case report.(CASE REPORT)
Magazine article from: Puerto Rico Health Sciences Journal; 12/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Tungiasis is a cutaneous infestation caused by Tunga penetrans, a human flea. Other commonly used names include chigoe flea, sand flea, chigo, jigger, chique, nigua, pico, le bicho de pr. It is an endemic ectoparasitosis in Latin America...
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BUG OF THE MONTH.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Geographical; 1/1/2000; 452 words
; ...not be able to fly, but the tiniest of the thousand species of fleas still gets around. The jigger flea (also called the chigoe, chigger, or sand flea) is capable of jumping up to 600 times an hour when it's looking for food. Visitors to tropical...
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Just a bit of fun.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England); 2/21/2009; 254 words
; CHIGOE Which one of our four definitions is correct? 1 Long hair in a roll or knot at the back of the head 2 Tall, elegant chest of drawers 3 Tropical flea 4 Almost transparent plain-weave fabric of silk Solution 3 Tropical flea
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chigoe
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
chigoe or jigger, small parasitic flea of tropical America and...hatch in the soil, undergoing complete metamorphosis. The chigoe is sometimes confused with the chigger . The chigoe is classified in the phylum Arthropoda , class Insecta...
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chigger
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
...also jigger ) • n. 1. a tiny mite (genus Trombicula , family Trombiculidae) whose parasitic larvae live on or under the skin of warm-blooded animals, where they cause irritation and dermatitis. 2. another term for chigoe .
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jigger
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
jigger see chigoe .
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Piso, Willem
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...Piso recommended the native root ipecacuanha to cure this disease, advice followed for centuries. His description of the chigoe (Pulex penetrans or Tunga penetrans) the troubles it causes, and the treatment of these troubles has never been surpassed...
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flea
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...species transmits tularemia from rabbits. Fleas also transmit several species of tapeworms that sometimes infest humans. The chigoe is a flea. Water fleas and beach fleas are crustaceans and not closely related to the insects. Fleas are classified in the...
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