Tunga

See also: tunga, tũnga, and tūnga

Translingual

Tunga penetrans, bloated with eggs

Etymology

From Old Tupi tunga.

Proper noun

Tunga f

A taxonomic genus within the family Tungidae – certain fleas, including the chigoe flea.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Dicondylia - clade; Pterygota - subclass; Metapterygota - clade; Neoptera - infraclass; Eumetabola, Endopterygota - clades; Panorpida - superorder; Antliophora - clade; Siphonaptera - order; Pulicomorpha - infraorder; Pulicoidea - superfamily; Tungidae - family; Tungini - tribe

Hyponyms

(genus): Tunga bondari, Tunga bossii, Tunga caecata, Tunga caecigena, Tunga callida, Tunga hexalobulata, Tunga libis, Tunga monositus, Tunga penetrans (chigoe flea), Tunga terasma, Tunga travassosi, Tunga trimamillata (species)

References

Chigoe flea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Tunga on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Tunga on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

Etymology

From Sanskrit तुङ्गा (tuṅgā, “Tunga”).

Proper noun

Tunga

Name of a river in South India, joins with Bhadra forming Tungabhadra.

Anagrams

Gaunt, gaunt, untag

Turkish

Proper noun

Tunga

a male given name

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