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    TUNGA

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A genus of Siphonapteraplay

    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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