chigger

• Nom désignant soit une petite puce tropicale dont la femelle fécondée s'enfonce sous la peau de l'hôte, soit la larve d'une tique qui se nourrit du sang des vertébrés et provoque de fortes démangeaisons.

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.

   Puce chique

   • 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.

   Synonymeschigoejiggersand flea

2. Larval miteC1formalmedical

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

   Aoûtat (larve de trombidion)

   • 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.

   Synonymesharvest mite