cattle tick

American  

noun

1. a dark brown tick, Boophilus annulatus, that infests cattle and is a vector for parasitic diseases of cattle, as babesiosis.

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Etymology

Origin of cattle tick

An Americanism dating back to 1865–70

Example Sentences

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

There have also been range expansions in southern New England for the Gulf Coast tick, which carries a bacteria similar to the one that causes Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, and the invasive cattle tick, which can transmit Lyme disease and other illnesses.

From Salon

The US government, it was reported in 1918, was “making war on the cattle tick”.

From The Guardian

The common Cattle tick Boophilus bovis Riley, is represented at Fig. 134.

From Project Gutenberg

As a young BAI inspector in the early 1900s, John Mohler set out to rid the U.S. of cattle tick fever.

From Time Magazine Archive