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hard tick

American

noun

any tick of the family Ixodidae, characterized by a hard shield on the back and mouth parts that project from the head.

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The logs glowed red; the hard tick of the pompous clock marked off the precious moments; and outside, spring had come.

From Who Cares? a story of adolescence by Hamilton, Cosmo

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