Tungid
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Any flea of the family Tungidae.
"Tungid fleas, one of which is commonly known as the sand flea, can cause such damage to a person. The tungid female embeds itself into the skin of the host until just the end of the abdomen is exposed. It swells to the size of a pea as its eggs develop."
- 2 A racial classification used in physical anthropology as a Mongoloid subrace found in Inner Mongolia and parts of Siberia. historical
"The Mongolid (Tungid and north Sinid) strain of the prehistoric Japanese must, to a large extent, be attributed to arrivals from Korea by way of the Tsushima straits, attested to by finds of clay vessels with pointed bottoms and with roller-stamped décor such as were made at Sobatu (north Kyushu)."
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More examples"Tungid fleas, one of which is commonly known as the sand flea, can cause such damage to a person. The tungid female embeds itself into the skin of the host until just the end of the abdomen is exposed. It swells to the size of a pea as its eggs develop."
Etymology
Perhaps derived from Tungus, people native to Northeastern Asia and Siberia.
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