Tunga
Translingual
Etymology
Proper noun
Tunga f
- 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
- Category:Tunga on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
English
Etymology
From Sanskrit तुङ्गा (tuṅgā, “Tunga”).
Proper noun
Tunga
- Name of a river in South India, joins with Bhadra forming Tungabhadra.
Anagrams
Turkish
Proper noun
Tunga
- a male given name