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单词 tick bird
释义

tick bird


noun

any of various birds that feed on ticks, as an oxpecker.

Origin of tick bird

First recorded in 1860–65

Words nearby tick bird

ticarcillin disodium, tic douloureux, tichy, Ticino, tick, tick bird, tick-borne, tick-borne encephalitis virus, tick-borne typhus, tick box, ticked
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British Dictionary definitions for tick bird

tick-bird

noun

another name for oxpecker

Word Origin for tick-bird

C19: so called because it eats insects off animals' backs
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