Tunga

See also: tunga, tũnga, and tūnga

Translingual

Tunga penetrans, bloated with eggs

Etymology

From Old Tupi tunga.

Proper noun

Tunga f

1. 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

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

Anagrams

• Gaunt, gaunt, untag

Turkish

Proper noun

Tunga

1. a male given name