Meanings
noun
- 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
From Malagasy.
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APA
tsingala. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tsingala
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“tsingala.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tsingala. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tsingala,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tsingala.
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