Turgid vs Tungid - What's the difference?
turgid | tungid |
Distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent, especially fluid, or expansive force.
(of language or style) Overly complex and difficult to understand; grandiloquent; bombastic.
(zoology) Any flea of the family Tungidae.
* 1982 , Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Utah Mosquito Abatement Association , Volume 34, Parts 1981-1996,
* 2004 , Kenneth L. Gage, Chapter 7: Fleas, the Syphonaptera'', William H. Marquardt (editor), ''Biology of Disease Vectors ,
* 2005 , M. J. Lehane, The Biology of Blood-Sucking in Insects ,
As an adjective turgid
is distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent, especially fluid, or expansive force.As a noun tungid is
an individual of a people of inner mongolia and parts of siberia.turgid
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- I have a turgid limb.
Synonyms
* (distended beyond the natural state) bloated, distended, inflated, swelled, swollen, tumid * (tediously pompous) bombastic, grandiose, pompoustungid
English
Noun
(en noun)page 33,
- 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.
page 81,
- These same features are likely to be much reduced in other fleas, such as tungids and sticktights, that attach more firmly to the host and feed for long periods at a particular site.
page 214,
- As well as fleas, which move freely in the home and pelage of the host, there are those, like the tungids (Tungidae) and alakurts (Vermipsyllidae), that burrow into its skin and become neosomic (Fig. 9.5).