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cattle tick

cat·tle tick (plural cat·tle ticks)


noun 
Definition:
 
tick that spreads disease: a tick that feeds chiefly on the blood of cattle and transmits the parasites responsible for Texas fever and other cattle diseases. Native to: tropical regions.  Genus Boophilus.

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