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chigre

chigre 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 chigre

pluralchigres

Questions about chigre

What is chigre the dated form of?
Chigre is the dated form of chigoe.

Words near chigre in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chigre (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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