tick 2
(tĭk)
(tĭk)n.
1. Any of various small bloodsucking arachnids of the order Ixodida that are parasitic on terrestrial vertebrates. Many species transmit diseases, such as Rocky Mountain spotted fever and Lyme disease.
2. Any of various usually wingless insects that resemble a tick, such as a sheep ked.
[Middle English tike, tik, perhaps from Old English *ticca.]
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