Miana bugn.

Brit.

/mɪˈɑːnə bʌɡ/, U.S.

/miˈɑnə ˌbəɡ/,

/miˈænə ˌbəɡ/

Forms: 1800s Miona bug, 1800s– Miana bug. Also with lower-case initial.

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Miana , bug n.²

Etymology: < Miana (Persian Mīāneh), the name of a town in north-western Iran + bug n.²

Now rare.

The soft tick Argas persicus, which is parasitic chiefly on poultry. Cf. Persian tick n. at Persian n. and adj. Compounds 1b.

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Miana bug1862

1821 R. K. Porter Trav. Georgia I. 265 Mianna..is a poor place, being best known by the ill name of its bugs.]

1862 Chambers's Encycl. IV. 100/2 The Miana Bug, or Argas persicus.

1876 P. J. Van Beneden Animal Parasites & Messmates vi. 133 It [sc. the Persian Argas] is called also the Miona bug.

1953 Sci. Monthly Feb. 77/1 Until..the eighteenth century ticks in the Old World were described and complained about under only two categories: the infamous ‘miana bug’, or ‘teigne’, which plagued caravan travelers in Persia, and an ixodid..which was noticed by Homer and his compatriots..as especially annoying to dogs.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	miana bug
释义	Miana bugn. Brit. /mɪˈɑːnə bʌɡ/, U.S. /miˈɑnə ˌbəɡ/, /miˈænə ˌbəɡ/ Forms: 1800s Miona bug, 1800s– Miana bug. Also with lower-case initial. Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Miana , bug n.² Etymology: < Miana (Persian Mīāneh), the name of a town in north-western Iran + bug n.² Now rare. The soft tick Argas persicus, which is parasitic chiefly on poultry. Cf. Persian tick n. at Persian n. and adj. Compounds 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Arachnida > [noun] > order Acari or family Acaridae > member of (tick) > member of family Argadidae > argas persicus Miana bug1862 1821 R. K. Porter Trav. Georgia I. 265 Mianna..is a poor place, being best known by the ill name of its bugs.] 1862 Chambers's Encycl. IV. 100/2 The Miana Bug, or Argas persicus. 1876 P. J. Van Beneden Animal Parasites & Messmates vi. 133 It [sc. the Persian Argas] is called also the Miona bug. 1953 Sci. Monthly Feb. 77/1 Until..the eighteenth century ticks in the Old World were described and complained about under only two categories: the infamous ‘miana bug’, or ‘teigne’, which plagued caravan travelers in Persia, and an ixodid..which was noticed by Homer and his compatriots..as especially annoying to dogs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1862
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