kungun.

/ˈkʌŋɡuː/

Forms: Also kungo.

Etymology: < Nyanja nkungu.

A small East African gnat, Chaoborus edulis.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [noun] > suborder Nematocera > family Chaoboridae > chaoborus edulis (kungu)

kungu1897

1897 H. H. Johnston Brit. Central Afr. 436 The ‘Kungu’ fly of Lake Nyasa.

1902 H. H. Johnston Uganda Protectorate I. 413 The kungu fly has a soft little body, scarcely as large as that of a flea, with gauzy wings.

Derivatives

kungu cake n. the bodies of large numbers of these gnats, compressed to form a cake.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > rissoles, balls, or croquettes > [noun]

rishew1340

pomedorry1381

rafiolea1425

raynoll?c1425

pomea1450

andouillet1611

raviol1611

tamale1625

patty1660

poupiets1702

croquette1706

rissole1706

potato cake1747

Basque1769

potato ball1817

Cecils1819

polpetta1822

quenelle1827

kibbeh1829

meatball1835

kromeski1846

quenelle de volaille1846

quesadilla1848

kungu cake1865

ponhaus1869

frikkadel1870

albondigas1872

fricandel1872

Vienna steak1874

pirozhok1887

kofta1888

paupiette1889

cheeseball1895

keftedes1912

baozi1927

crab cake1929

falafel1936

klops1936

coddie1941

wonton1948

fish finger1962

1865 D. Livingstone & C. Livingstone Narr. Exped. Zambesi 373 A kungo cake, an inch thick..was offered to us.

1899 D. Sharp in Cambr. Nat. Hist. VI. vii. 467 The kungu cake mentioned by Livingstone as used on Lake Nyassa is made from an Insect which occurs in profusion there, and is compressed into biscuit form.

1964 H. Oldroyd Nat. Hist. Flies pl. 30 (a) (caption) A piece of ‘kungu-cake’, made up entirely from the bodies of small midges, Chaoborus edulis, from an East African lake.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	kungu
释义	kungun. /ˈkʌŋɡuː/ Forms: Also kungo. Etymology: < Nyanja nkungu. A small East African gnat, Chaoborus edulis. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [noun] > suborder Nematocera > family Chaoboridae > chaoborus edulis (kungu) kungu1897 1897 H. H. Johnston Brit. Central Afr. 436 The ‘Kungu’ fly of Lake Nyasa. 1902 H. H. Johnston Uganda Protectorate I. 413 The kungu fly has a soft little body, scarcely as large as that of a flea, with gauzy wings. Derivatives kungu cake n. the bodies of large numbers of these gnats, compressed to form a cake. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > rissoles, balls, or croquettes > [noun] rishew1340 pomedorry1381 rafiolea1425 raynoll?c1425 pomea1450 andouillet1611 raviol1611 tamale1625 patty1660 poupiets1702 croquette1706 rissole1706 potato cake1747 Basque1769 potato ball1817 Cecils1819 polpetta1822 quenelle1827 kibbeh1829 meatball1835 kromeski1846 quenelle de volaille1846 quesadilla1848 kungu cake1865 ponhaus1869 frikkadel1870 albondigas1872 fricandel1872 Vienna steak1874 pirozhok1887 kofta1888 paupiette1889 cheeseball1895 keftedes1912 baozi1927 crab cake1929 falafel1936 klops1936 coddie1941 wonton1948 fish finger1962 1865 D. Livingstone & C. Livingstone Narr. Exped. Zambesi 373 A kungo cake, an inch thick..was offered to us. 1899 D. Sharp in Cambr. Nat. Hist. VI. vii. 467 The kungu cake mentioned by Livingstone as used on Lake Nyassa is made from an Insect which occurs in profusion there, and is compressed into biscuit form. 1964 H. Oldroyd Nat. Hist. Flies pl. 30 (a) (caption) A piece of ‘kungu-cake’, made up entirely from the bodies of small midges, Chaoborus edulis, from an East African lake. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1865
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