jigger

English Thesaurus

1. larval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings causing intense irritation (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	trombiculid,
definition	:	mite that as nymph and adult feeds on early stages of small arthropods but whose larvae are parasitic on terrestrial vertebrates (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	genus trombicula, trombicula,
definition	:	type genus of the family Trombiculidae (noun.animal)

2. any small mast on a sailing vessel; especially the mizzenmast of a yawl (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	mast,
definition	:	a vertical spar for supporting sails (noun.artifact)

3. a small glass adequate to hold a single swallow of whiskey (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	drinking glass, glass,
definition	:	a container for holding liquids while drinking (noun.artifact)