tick bird


noun
  1. any of various birds that feed on ticks, as an oxpecker.

Origin of tick bird

1
First recorded in 1860–65

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British Dictionary definitions for tick-bird

tick-bird

noun
  1. another name for oxpecker

Origin of tick-bird

1
C19: so called because it eats insects off animals' backs

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