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chigger
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
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2009
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chig·ger
/ ˈchigər/
(also jigger)
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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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TROUBLE WITH CHIGGERS
Magazine article from: New Orleans Magazine; 6/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...to the sticks. Chiggers are the bane of...The intensity of chigger terrorism rapidly...country boy. "Chiggers, however microscopic...tried everything - Chigger Rid, bleach and...all planned by the chigger gods. The more...sap for the mite. Chiggers do not suck blood...
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Summer is wonderful, but chiggers suck
Newspaper article from: St. Joseph News-Press; 6/11/2006; ; 648 words
; ...chigger. The threat of chigger bites exists from May...first killing frost. A chigger is the parasitic immature...mites are harmless. Chiggers are microscopic (about...best defense against chiggers is to control chigger habitats and avoid...
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Chiggers really get under your skin
Newspaper article from: Daily Breeze; 6/27/2002; ; 646 words
; ...attracts a congregation of chiggers,you're in for a...misery that only a fellow chigger-sufferer can understand...Although an invasion of chiggers may cause you to stay...missed painting some chigger bites or when the first...wears off before the chiggers are extinguished. The...
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TOWN AND COUNTRY; TINY CHIGGERS' ITCHY BITES CAN BRING INFECTION
Newspaper article from: Dayton Daily News; 9/26/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...infested because most chiggers are too small to see...a magnifying glass. Chiggers feed on a wide variety...as well as humans. Chigger mites are about 0...infection. However, chiggers are not known to transmit...After returning from a chigger-infested area, launder...
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The life and times of T. Alfred Chigger. (mites) (Column)
Magazine article from: Sports Afield; 5/1/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...cares about grown-up chiggers. It's the kids...The injection of chigger enzymes, coupled with...one bite by a hundred chiggers--the basic chigger tactical unit--and...itself on its own, most chiggers are scratched off well...
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Fear of Itching; What will stop the eternal agony of a chigger bite? Amputation...sometimes
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 5/27/1990; ; 700+ words
; ...my interest in chiggers. She grew up in...Northeast, which is a chigger-free zone, and...I'm afraid of chiggers. This is more...Toprove to her that chiggers exist, I had to...the definition of chigger in the dictionary...
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Infestation by chigger mites in two lizard species from a dune habitat of Northern Mexico.
Magazine article from: The Texas Journal of Science; 2/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...infestation by larvae of the chigger mite Eutrombicula alfreddugesi...Coahuila, Mexico. Chiggers were observed on 68...12 [+ or -] 6.8 chiggers; 86.8% of the females...relationship between chigger infestation levels and...were detected. All chiggers were found on the neck...
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JUST ITCHING TO TELL YOU ALL ABOUT PESKY CHIGGERS
Newspaper article from: Evansville Courier & Press; 8/20/2005; ; 594 words
; ...scratching usually gets rid of chiggers before they finish making you...repellent works equally well on chiggers, although if you spend any...hours. One final piece of chigger trivia: Apparently, at least...here is an irony -- there are chiggers in Asia and the Pacific that...
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Maintain landscape to minimize habitat for chiggers
Newspaper article from: Press of Atlantic City; 9/1/2006; ; 653 words
; ...of an insect called a chigger. Chiggers are tiny parasitic mites...the number of bites. Chiggers die quickly once dislodged...your property is the chigger habitat some vegetative...natural wild hosts for chiggers. An application of...
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Chiggers are rude, so avoid their company
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 8/17/2002; ; 502 words
; ...FROM PRINTED VERSION Chiggers are immature mites...something as small as a chigger. But that is just what...September in Indiana. Chiggers are immature mites...how does one stop chigger bites from itching...to avoid getting into chiggers in the first place...
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chigger
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
chigger minute, six-legged, reddish...its vertebrate host, the chigger injects saliva that destroys...dermatitis. The food of the chigger consists of the cellular contents...typhus, a disease of humans. Chiggers are classified in the phylum...
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Skin Parasites
Encyclopedia entry from: Complete Human Diseases and Conditions
...inside of the elbows. Chiggers Chiggers are mites that tend...or wooded areas. The chigger larvae (LAR-vee...Unlike lice and scabies, chiggers only feed on their host...let go and fall off. Chigger bites can cause a red...
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Typhus
Book article from: World of Microbiology and Immunology
...forests, deserts, or anywhere chiggers live. Scientists studying...scrub typhus island contains chiggers, rats, vegetation that will sustain the chiggers, and, of course, a reservoir...that develops around the chigger bite. Scrub typhus symptoms...
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Scrub Typhus
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed.
...other vertebrates. The tiny chiggers (mite larvae) attach themselves...names miteborne typhus, or chigger-borne typhus, are more appropriate...often seen at the site of the chigger bite. Bite wounds are common...initial sore caused by the chigger bite, and the occurrence of...
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Rickettsia and Rickettsial Pox
Book article from: World of Microbiology and Immunology
...transmitted to humans by insects such as ticks, mites, and chiggers. Usually the insect has acquired the bacteria from larger...savannas, beaches, and deserts as well) is transmitted by chiggers. Unlike endemic typhus, scrub typhus is a serious disease...
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