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 • Sep. 1, 2023

Twenty-five years ago, one of the major insect menaces in the U. S. was the cattle tick.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

In 1893 he demonstrated that the "Texas fever" which was destroying cattle herds in the Southwest was caused by a microbe which the cattle tick took from sick beasts, nourished and transmitted to well beasts.

From Time Magazine Archive

The cattle tick has two phases in its life.

From Argentina from a British Point of View by Various