单词 | bird tick |
释义 | > as lemmasbird tick bird tick n. (a) any of various bloodsucking flies which are parasites of birds; cf. bird fly n., bird spider fly n. (now rare); (b) any of various ticks which are parasites of birds. ΚΠ 1833 G. Samouelle Entomol. Cabinet I. No. 2. Fig. 4 Ornithomyia avicularia... Bird Fly or Bird Tick... This singular insect..is found on the swallow and several other species of birds. 1883 Gen. Index 13 Ann. Rep. Entomol. Soc. Ont. 1870–82 16 Bird Tick (Dermanyssus avium). 1938 C. S. Brimley Insects N. Carolina 389 (heading) Family Hippoboscidae, The Bird Ticks or Tick Flies. 2005 N. McKilligan Herons, Egrets & Bitterns vi. 60 Egret chicks sometimes carried heavy infestations of the bird tick Argas robertsi. < as lemmas |
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