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chegre

chegre is the dated form of chigoe.

Meaning of chigoe

Noun

chigoe (plural chigoes)

  1. A small tropical flea, Tunga penetrans, whose females burrow under the skin of animals, including humans, and lay their eggs, causing strong irritation and sores.

Forms of chegre

pluralchegres

Questions about chegre

What is chegre the dated form of?
Chegre is the dated form of chigoe.

Words near chegre in the dictionary

  1. Cheggers
  2. cheggie
  3. cheggies
  4. chegoe
  5. chegoes
  6. chegre
  7. chegres
  8. Chegwin
  9. Chegwins
  10. Chehalem berries
  11. Chehalem berry

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: chegre (page history and authors); chigoe (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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