Medical Dictionary
tropical horse tick
noun
Medical Definition of tropical horse tick
: an ixodid tick (Anocenter nitens synonym Dermacentor nitens) that is common in the American tropics, has been found in southern Texas and in Florida, and transmits a causative agent (Babesia caballi) of equine piroplasmosis
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