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| tick [ tik ] (plural ticks) |
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1. tiny parasitic insect: a small wingless bloodsucking insect that lives on the skin of humans and warm-blooded animals and may transmit diseases. Families Argasidae, Ioxidae.
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2. bloodsucking fly: a parasitic fly that lives on the skin of sheep, cattle, horses, and other animals
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| [ Old English ticia< Germanic] |
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