单词 | soft tick |
释义 | > as lemmassoft tick soft tick n. any of numerous ticks constituting the family Argasidae, characterized by the lack of a hard scutum, several of which are parasites of domestic mammals and poultry; contrasted with hard tick. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Arachnida > [noun] > order Acari or family Acaridae > member of (tick) > member of family Argadidae soft tick1915 1915 Trans. Soc. Trop. Med. & Hygiene 8 206 If a soft tick is touched with a tiny drop of turpentine it will die. 1974 Nature 25 Jan. 226/1 This is the first proven example of transmission of a mammalian piroplasm by an Argasid (‘soft’) tick. 2000 A. J. Whitten et al. Ecol. Sumatra (new ed.) x. 321 Some, such as the soft tick Ornithodoros, attach themselves to bats only when they are hungry. < as lemmas |
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