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

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cattle tick

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

At the last session his principal activity was government aid for cattle tick eradication and a merchant marine school at New Orleans.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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 is, as its name indicates, a parasite of cattle in the southern part of the United States.

From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry