| 单词 | water tick |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswater tick water tick n. rare †(a) a biting or bloodsucking parasite found in marshy areas (probably the larva of a trombiculid mite) (obsolete rare); (b) = water mite n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Arachnida > [noun] > order Aranea > suborder Labidognatha or Dipneumones > member of family Pisauridae water spider1702 water mite1763 water tick1763 raft spider1865 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > [noun] > member of > defined by habitat or breeding place > aquatic insect water spider1547 water mite1763 water tick1763 1763 R. Brookes New Syst. Nat. Hist. IV. xvi. 319 The sea Tick, or rather the water Tick, is so called, for its being common in marshes near the water side. ?1870 P. M. Duncan Transformations Insects xvi. 436 The Hydrachnidæ, or water ticks or mites, are spiders. 1989 J. Cole Fishing Came First 54 Water ticks, shrimp, and, I'm certain, other small forms of marine protein feed this imposing fish. < as lemmas |
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