SINCE 1828
fowl tick
nounMedical Definition of fowl tick
: any of several ticks of the genus Argas (as A. persicus) that attack fowl in the warmer parts of the world causing anemia and transmitting various diseases (as spirochetosis)
— called also
chicken tick
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