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Meanings of chigoe in английском
португальский
bicho-de-pé 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.
See moreUsage of chigoe in английском
1
They will not live together, but every chigoe sets up a separate ulcer, and has his own private portion of pus.
2
One enterprising and annoying insect, the chigoe, or "jigger," is able to bore a hole through the sole of a shoe and attack the foot.
3
The Chigoe lays about sixty eggs, depositing them in a sort of sac on each side of the external opening of the oviduct.