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chigoe in American English
a flea (Tunga penetrans) of tropical America and Africa: the female burrows into the skin, causing painful sores
noun: a flea, Tunga penetrans, of tropical America and Africa, the impregnated female of which embeds itself in the skin, esp. of the feet, of humans and animals and becomes greatly distended with eggs

chigoe in British English
noun: a tropical flea, Tunga penetrans, the female of which lives on or burrows into the skin of its host, which includes humans

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