Množina: chigoes
ETYM Cf. French chigue, perh. from Catalan chic small, Spanish chico; or of Peruvian origin.
(W Indian and S American) flea; chigger; jigger.
Small tropical flea; the fertile female burrows under the skin of the host including humans; SYN. chigger, chigoe flea, Tunga penetrans.