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chigoe fleas

chigoe fleas is the plural of chigoe flea.

Meaning of chigoe flea

Noun

chigoe flea (plural chigoe fleas)

  1. The chigoe (Tunga penetrans)
    • In one version of the legend, the move was owing to an intolerable infestation by chigoe fleas in the Pokolum area (cf. Hunn 1977, 307).1999, Luisa Maffi, “Domesticated Land, Warm and Cold: Linguistic and Historical Evidence on Tenejapa Tzeltal Maya Ethnoecology”, in Ted L. Gragson, Ben G. Blount, editors, Ethnoecology: Knowledge...
    Synonyms:
    jigger

Questions about chigoe fleas

What is chigoe fleas the plural of?
Chigoe fleas is the plural of chigoe flea.

Words near chigoe fleas in the dictionary

  1. chignoned
  2. chignonned
  3. chignons
  4. chigoe
  5. chigoe flea
  6. chigoe fleas
  7. chigoes
  8. chigre
  9. chigres
  10. Chigro
  11. Chigroes

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