kangaroo tick

noun

A tick of species Amblyomma triguttatum, that primarily parasites on kangaroos and other macropods.

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Meanings

nounkangaroo tick (plural kangaroo ticks)

plural kangaroo ticks

  1. A tick of species Amblyomma triguttatum, that primarily parasites on kangaroos and other macropods.

    ‘We must have sat down on a kangaroo camp when we boiled the billy at midday,’ I remarked irritably. Laurie laughed while I burned three kangaroo ticks from my legs.

    1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 82
  2. The tick Haemaphysalis bancrofti, that similarly parasites macropods.
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