tick
(tik)
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Any of numerous bloodsucking arthropods of the order Acarida and superfamily Ixodoidea. Ticks transmit many diseases to humans and animals.
SEE: Argasidae; SEE: IxodidaeThere's more to see -- the rest of this topic is available only to subscribers.
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