different between turgid vs tungid

English

Etymology

From Latin turgidus (“swollen, inflated”), from turge? (“to swell”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?t??d??d/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?t?d??d/

Adjective

turgid (comparative more turgid, superlative most turgid)

1. Distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent, especially fluid, or expansive force.

   Synonyms: bloated, distended, inflated, swelled, swollen, tumescent, tumid, turgescent
2. (of language or style) Overly complex and difficult to understand; grandiloquent; bombastic.

   Synonyms: bombastic, grandiose, pompous

Related terms

• turgescence
• turgescent
• turgidity
• turgidness
• turgor

Translations

English

Noun

tungid (plural tungids)

1. (zoology) Any flea of the family Tungidae.
   • 1982, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Utah Mosquito Abatement Association, Volume 34, Parts 1981-1996, 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.

   • 2004, Kenneth L. Gage, Chapter 7: Fleas, the Syphonaptera, William H. Marquardt (editor), Biology of Disease Vectors, 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.

Hyponyms

• (species of Tungidae): chigoe flea, sand flea

See also

• sticktight