cattle tick
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of cattle tick
An Americanism dating back to 1865–70
Example Sentences
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THE FACTS: The program to create a modified cattle tick, with the goal of reducing their population and protecting livestock, has thus far been limited to lab work in the U.K.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 1, 2023
But, working with its usual methodical efficiency, the Department of Agriculture practically wiped out the cattle tick by the only sure method: dipping in an arsenical solution.
From Time Magazine Archive
He had done more than any other American to rid the country of the dread diseases that plague livestock-bovine tuberculosis, foot-& -mouth disease, cattle tick fever and Bang's disease.
From Time Magazine Archive
The cattle tick, unengorged, is about 1/10 by 1/20 of an inch.
From Time Magazine Archive
The worst pest is, however, the cattle tick or Garrapata, and known under the scientific name of Boophilus Annulatus.
From Argentina from a British Point of View by Various
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