Tunga
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Tunga f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Tungidae – certain fleas, including the chigoe flea.
Hypernyms edit
- (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 edit
- (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 edit
- Chigoe flea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Tunga on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Tunga on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
English edit
Etymology edit
From Sanskrit तुङ्गा (tuṅgā, “Tunga”).
Proper noun edit
Tunga
- Name of a river in South India, joins with Bhadra forming Tungabhadra.
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Turkish edit
Proper noun edit
Tunga
- a male given name