chigger

• Существительное, обозначающее либо мелкую тропическую блоху, оплодотворённая самка которой зарывается под кожу хозяина, либо личинку клеща, сосущую кровь позвоночных и вызывающую сильное раздражение.

A noun referring to either a small tropical flea whose fertile female burrows under the skin of hosts, or a larval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates, causing intense irritation.

1. C1formalmedical

   A small tropical flea, the fertile female of which burrows under the skin of hosts, including humans, causing irritation.

   Тропическая блоха

   • The traveler returned from the jungle with a chigger infection in her foot.
   • Chiggers are common in sandy, tropical regions.
   • The doctor removed the chigger from under the patient's skin.

   Synonymschigoejiggersand flea

2. Larval miteC1formalmedical

   The larval stage of certain mites that feeds on the blood of vertebrates, including humans, causing intense itching and irritation.

   Личинка клеща

   • After hiking in the tall grass, he was covered in chigger bites.
   • Chiggers are most active during the summer months.
   • Applying insect repellent can help prevent chigger attacks.

   Synonymsharvest mite