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• tick bird
  tick bird

  noun

  any of various birds that feed on ticks, as an oxpecker.
• tick-bird
  tick-bird

  noun

  another name for oxpecker

tick bird

American  

noun

1. any of various birds that feed on ticks, as an oxpecker.

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tick-bird British  

noun

1. another name for oxpecker

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Etymology

Origin of tick bird

First recorded in 1860–65

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