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TUNGA

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(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A genus of Siphonaptera

Synonyms:

genus Tunga; Tunga

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Tunga" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Tunga"):

chigger; chigoe; chigoe flea; Tunga penetrans (small tropical flea; the fertile female burrows under the skin of the host including humans)

Holonyms ("Tunga" is a member of...):

order Siphonaptera; Siphonaptera (fleas)

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