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SOFT TICK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does soft tick mean?
• SOFT TICK (noun)
The noun SOFT TICK has 1 sense:
1. tick lacking a dorsal shield and having mouth parts on the under side of the head
Familiarity information: SOFT TICK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tick lacking a dorsal shield and having mouth parts on the under side of the head
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
argasid; soft tick
Hypernyms ("soft tick" is a kind of...):
tick (any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis; feed on blood of warm-blooded animals)
Holonyms ("soft tick" is a member of...):
Argasidae; family Argasidae (soft ticks)
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