SOFT TICK

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Meaning:

Tick lacking a dorsal shield and having mouth parts on the under side of the head

Synonyms:

argasid; soft tick

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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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