tick 2
noundomain: animal
Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
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EnglishDefinition
any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis; feed on blood of warm-blooded animals
EnglishDerivationally related form
tick 2
verb
make a sound like a clock or a timer
Hyponym
hard tick 1
noun
ticks having a hard shield on the back and mouth parts that project from the head
soft tick 1
noun
tick lacking a dorsal shield and having mouth parts on the under side of the head
Member_holonym
Acarina 1
noun
mites and ticks
