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1 chigger -- rank: 1000

chigger definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: small tropical ... under the skin of the host including humans [syn: chigoe, chigger, chigoe flea, Tunga penetrans] 2: larval mite that sucks the ... vertebrates including human beings causing intense irritation [syn: harvest mite, chigger, jigger, redbug] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1756 1. chigoe ... are sometimes dangerous. See Jigger. [Written also chegre, chegoe, chique, chigger, jigger.] Note: The name is sometimes erroneously given to certain ...

2 chigger flower -- rank: 967

chigger flower definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: erect ... States having showy orange flowers [syn: butterfly weed, orange milkweed, chigger flower, chiggerflower, pleurisy root, tuber root, Indian paintbrush, Asclepias tuberosa ...

3 chigoe -- rank: 526

... under the skin of the host including humans [syn: chigoe, chigger, chigoe flea, Tunga penetrans] Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: Carib ... female causes great discomfort by burrowing under the skin 2. chigger 2 Oxford Reference Dictionary n. a tropical flea, Tunga penetrans ... which burrow beneath the skin causing painful sores. Also called CHIGGER. Etymology: Carib Webster's 1913 Dictionary Chigoe Chig"oe, Chigre ... are sometimes dangerous. See Jigger. [Written also chegre, chegoe, chique, chigger, jigger.] Note: The name is sometimes erroneously given to certain ...

4 Jigger -- rank: 526

... vertebrates including human beings causing intense irritation [syn: harvest mite, chigger, jigger, redbug] Merriam Webster's I. noun Date: 1675 1 ... II. noun Etymology: perhaps from Wolof jiga insect Date: 1781 chigger III. verb Etymology: frequentative of 2jig Date: 1867 intransitive verb ... or thing that jigs. 2. n. 1 = CHIGOE. 2 US = CHIGGER 2. Etymology: corrupt. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Jigger Jig"ger ... are sometimes dangerous. See Jigger. [Written also chegre, chegoe, chique, chigger, jigger.] Note: The name is sometimes erroneously given to certain ...

5 harvest mite -- rank: 358

... vertebrates including human beings causing intense irritation [syn: harvest mite, chigger, jigger, redbug] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1873 chigger 2 Webster's 1913 Dictionary Harvest Har"vest, n. [OE ...

6 Pulex penetrans -- rank: 226

... are sometimes dangerous. See Jigger. [Written also chegre, chegoe, chique, chigger, jigger.] Note: The name is sometimes erroneously given to certain ...

7 pleurisy root -- rank: 226

... States having showy orange flowers [syn: butterfly weed, orange milkweed, chigger flower, chiggerflower, pleurisy root, tuber root, Indian paintbrush, Asclepias tuberosa ...

8 orange milkweed -- rank: 226

... States having showy orange flowers [syn: butterfly weed, orange milkweed, chigger flower, chiggerflower, pleurisy root, tuber root, Indian paintbrush, Asclepias tuberosa ...

9 Indian paintbrush -- rank: 226

... States having showy orange flowers [syn: butterfly weed, orange milkweed, chigger flower, chiggerflower, pleurisy root, tuber root, Indian paintbrush, Asclepias tuberosa ...

10 Harvest -- rank: 226

... harvest mite any arachnid larvae of the genus Trombicula, a chigger. harvest moon the full moon nearest to the autumn equinox ...

11 Mite -- rank: 226

... caused by species of the common genus Dermatophagoides. See also chigger. Oxford Reference Dictionary 1. n. any small arachnid of the ...

12 chique -- rank: 226

... are sometimes dangerous. See Jigger. [Written also chegre, chegoe, chique, chigger, jigger.] Note: The name is sometimes erroneously given to certain ...

13 Chigre -- rank: 226

... are sometimes dangerous. See Jigger. [Written also chegre, chegoe, chique, chigger, jigger.] Note: The name is sometimes erroneously given to certain ...

14 Chegre -- rank: 226

... are sometimes dangerous. See Jigger. [Written also chegre, chegoe, chique, chigger, jigger.] Note: The name is sometimes erroneously given to certain ...

15 chigoe flea -- rank: 226

... under the skin of the host including humans [syn: chigoe, chigger, chigoe flea, Tunga penetrans]