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jigger
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jigĀ·ger (jgr)
n.
1. See chigger.
2. See chigoe.

jigger.
See chigoe.

jigger
see tunga penetrans. Called also chigoe or jigger flea.

jigger flea
see tunga penetrans.


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The female jigger flea penetrates into the skin of its host, undergoes a peculiar hypertrophy, expels several hundred eggs for a period of [less than or equal to] 3 weeks, and eventually dies.
Let me explain just what a horrid little creature the jigger flea is.
 
 
 
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