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Meaning of tungas



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Danilo Enrique Noreña Benítez

tungas
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Plural of tunga . It's one of the common names that gets a mite. It is also known as sand flea, pick, nigua or abuje. Its scientific name is Tunga penetrans. belongs to the family Hectopsyllidae.

  



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GARCÍA ALBERTO

tongas-belonging to a type of mite, similar to the common flea, that produces an unbearable itching and ulcers in the feet of people who come into contact with it--

  










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