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jigger: see chigoe chigoe or jigger, small parasitic flea of tropical America and the S United States. Humans and their domestic animals are the main hosts.
..... Click the link for more information. . jigger 1. Golf an iron, now obsolete, with a thin blade, used for hitting long shots from a bare lie 2. any of a number of mechanical devices having a vibratory or jerking motion 3. a light lifting tackle used on ships 4. a small glass, esp for whisky, with a capacity of about one and a half ounces 5. Engineering a type of hydraulic lift in which a hydraulic ram operates the lift through a block and tackle which increases the length of the stroke 6. Canadian a device used when setting a gill net beneath ice jigger [′jig·ər] (mining engineering) Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No references found | 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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