TUNGA PENETRANS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Tunga penetrans mean? 

• TUNGA PENETRANS (noun)
  The noun TUNGA PENETRANS has 1 sense:

1. small tropical flea; the fertile female burrows under the skin of the host including humans

  Familiarity information: TUNGA PENETRANS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TUNGA PENETRANS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small tropical flea; the fertile female burrows under the skin of the host including humans

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

chigger; chigoe; chigoe flea; Tunga penetrans

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

flea (any wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap)

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

genus Tunga; Tunga (a genus of Siphonaptera)