Noun: chigoe chi-gow
- Small tropical flea; the fertile female burrows under the skin of the host including humans
"Chigoe fleas can cause painful lesions on the feet of their hosts";
- chigger, chigoe flea, Tunga penetrans
Derived forms: chigoes
Type of: flea
Part of: genus Tunga, Tunga
Encyclopedia: Chigoe