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GENUS TUNGA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Tunga mean?
• GENUS TUNGA (noun)
The noun GENUS TUNGA has 1 sense:
1. a genus of Siphonaptera
Familiarity information: GENUS TUNGA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of Siphonaptera
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Tunga; Tunga
Hypernyms ("genus Tunga" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "genus Tunga"):
chigger; chigoe; chigoe flea; Tunga penetrans (small tropical flea; the fertile female burrows under the skin of the host including humans)
Holonyms ("genus Tunga" is a member of...):
order Siphonaptera; Siphonaptera (fleas)
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