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Noun: Tunga penetrans
  1. Small tropical flea; the fertile female burrows under the skin of the host including humans
    "Tunga penetrans fleas can cause painful lesions on the feet of their hosts";
    - chigoe, chigger, chigoe flea

Type of: flea

Part of: genus Tunga, Tunga

Encyclopedia: Tunga penetrans