chigger
/ˈt͡ʃɪɡɚ/
chigger1词源 1
词源链
- sai-car-pro
*tikô
派生
- car
siko‘chigoe’
派生
- sai-car
派生
- 英语English
chigger
词源说明
From chigoe, likely from a Cariban language term such as Kari'na siko (“chigoe”) (early recorded variant chico), from Proto-Cariban *tikô.
释义
名词noun
- 1A chigoe (Tunga penetrans), a kind of flea found in tropical climates.
- 2A harvest mite (Trombiculidae spp.), a very small, red mite endemic to the Midwestern and Southeastern US, the infestation of which causes intense itching.