Usage of "chegoe" | TermGallery

A flea of the species Tunga penetrans of tropical America and Africa, the impregnated female of which embeds itself in the skin, especially of the feet, of humans and animals and becomes greatly distended with eggs.

Usage of chegoe in English

Still more inconvenient, painful and annoying is another little pest called the chegoe. 
 Wanderings in South America 

A chegoe once lit upon the back of my hand; wishful to see how he worked, I allowed him to take possession. 
 Wanderings in South America 

My mother was famous for taking out chegoes, and she showed me the way she managed. 
 On the Banks of the Amazon 

Every evening, before sundown, it was part of my toilette to examine my feet and see that they were clear of chegoes. 
 Wanderings in South America 

"Some chegoes have got into your feet, and if they are not taken out quickly they will cause you a great deal of suffering." 
 On the Banks of the Amazon 

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call the chegoe

Chegoe through the time

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Meanings of chegoe in English