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tsingala

tsingala noun: a poisonous insect of Madagascar.

Noun

tsingala

  1. A poisonous insect of Madagascar.
    • In the last century, one Rev. H. T. Johnson described a tsingala assault on one of his palanquin-bearers, who minutes before had drunk from a dirty pool while traveling near the town of Fianarantsoa.2000, Peter Tyson, The Eighth Continent, page 81

Origin of tsingala

From Malagasy.

Questions about tsingala

What does tsingala mean?
Tsingala means a poisonous insect of Madagascar.
What part of speech is tsingala?
Tsingala is a noun.

Words near tsingala in the dictionary

  1. tsine
  2. Tsing
  3. Tsing Ming
  4. Tsing Yi
  5. Tsing-hai
  6. tsingala
  7. Tsinghai
  8. Tsinghua
  9. Tsingkiangpu
  10. Tsingtao
  11. tsingtauite

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