HyperDic: tunga_penetrans

English > 1 sense of the expression Tunga penetrans:
NOUNanimalTunga penetrans, chigoe, chigger, chigoe fleasmall tropical flea
English > Tunga penetrans: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningsmall tropical flea; the fertile female burrows under the skin of the host including humans.
Synonymschigoe, chigger, chigoe flea
Member ofTunga, genus TungaA genus of Siphonaptera
BroaderfleaAny wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap
Spanishnigua

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