Tunga
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Tunga penetrans, bloated with eggs
Translingual
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Etymology
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
Turkish
Proper noun
Tunga
- a male given name