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Definition of Chigoes
1. chigoe [n] - See also: chigoe
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chigoes
Literary usage of Chigoes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Flea by Harold Russell (1913)
"A rotary motion ensues which, to the spectators if not to the fleas, is very like
waltzing. CHAPTER VI THE chigoes AND THEIR ALLIES THE ..."
2. The Polar and Tropical Worlds: A Description of Man and Nature in the Polar by Georg Hartwig (1872)
"Insect Plagues: Mosquitoes—chigoes, or Jiggers—The Filaria Medinensis— The Bete
Rouge—Ticks—Land-Leeches—The Tsetse Fly—The ..."
3. Brazil: Its History, People, Natural Productions, Etc by Religious Tract Society (Great Britain) (1860)
"... chigoes—Bees—Ants—Ants excommunicated—Ant- eaters—Peccaries—Battle of the
pigs— Paca—Capybara—Agouti— Armadillo —Vampire-bats—Tigers—Tapir—Sloth—Monkeys ..."
4. Handbook of Medical Entomology by William Albert Riley, Oskar Augustus Johannsen (1915)
"The true chiggers—The chigoes, or true chiggers, are the most completely parasitic
of any of the fleas. Of the dozen or more known species, one commonly ..."
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