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Tunga

noun

a genus of Siphonaptera

• Syn: ↑genus Tunga

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Siphonaptera, ↑order Siphonaptera

• Member Meronyms: ↑chigoe, ↑chigger, ↑chigoe flea, ↑Tunga penetrans

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\\ˈtəŋgə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Portuguese, from Tupi

: a genus of fleas having conspicuous mouthparts, the setae on the head very small or missing entirely, and no ctenidia on the head or pronotum — see chigoe

Useful english dictionary. 2012.