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Definition of Tunga
1. Noun. A genus of Siphonaptera.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Order Siphonaptera, Siphonaptera
Member holonyms: Chigger, Chigoe, Chigoe Flea, Tunga Penetrans
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tunga
Literary usage of Tunga
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial, Industrial by Edward Balfour (1871)
"... GODDU Tunga KODU. tlio latter place. At this confluence are the falls of ...
GODDU Tunga KODU. ..."
2. Adventures in Swaziland: The Story of a South African Boer by Owen Rowe O'Neil (1921)
"For a time L'Tunga regarded our curiosity as a great impertinence and did everything
possible to prevent our getting more information than was readily ..."
3. Papers on Paint and Varnish and the Materials Used in Their Manufacture by Henry Alfred Gardner (1920)
"Production of Rosin Tung Esters (Tunga Resin) In the Open Varnish Kettle and
Their Application in Varnish Manufacture. Esters of rosin, commonly known as ..."
4. Wild Life Among the Pacific Islanders by E. H. Lamont (1867)
"... Fishing—Departure—Reception at Ma- tunga—A Shakspeare Lesson—Haka Puta's
Amusements—Disagreeable Habits of the Natives—Bay beys—Fishing Expedition ..."
5. Visit to Iceland and the Scandinavian North by Ida Pfeiffer, Frédéric Guillaume Bergmann (1853)
"... and its church—Herr Jonas Jonason—The hot springs—The rock Tunga
Stuer—Vapour-bath—Wool-bath founded by Snorri Stur- luson—Churchyard at ..."
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