Meaning Of The Word Chigger

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chigger in American English
the tiny, red larva of a family (Trombiculidae) of mites, whose bite causes severe itching
noun: 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 infectious diseases

chigger in British English
noun: the parasitic larva of any of various free-living mites of the family Trombidiidae, which causes intense itching of human skin

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