Argasidae

Ar·gas·i·dae

noun pl \är-ˈgas-ə-ˌdē\

Definition of ARGASIDAE

: a family of ticks of the superfamily Ixodoidea that comprises the soft ticks and includes a number of medically and economically important ticks all of which lack a scutum and exhibit no marked sexual dimorphism—see argas, ornithodoros

—ar·gas·id \-əd\ adjective