fowl tick
1fowl tick — n any of several ticks of the genus Argas (as A. persicus) that attack fowl in the warmer parts of the world causing anemia and transmitting various diseases (as spirochetosis) called also chicken tick …
2fowl tick — noun : chicken tick …
3tick — An acarine of the families Ixodidae (hard ticks) or Argasidae (soft ticks), which contain many bloodsucking species that are important pests of humans and domestic birds and mammals, and that probably exceed all other arthropods in the number and …
4fowl spirochetosis — noun : a severe febrile disease of poultry that is marked by enteritis and diarrhea and by congestion and often localized necrosis or ecchymoses in the liver and spleen and that is caused by a spirochete (Borrelia anserina) which is transmitted… …
5chicken tick — n FOWL TICK …
6Looney Tunes Super Stars' Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl — Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl DVD cover Directed by Robert McKimson, Friz Freleng, Robert Clamp …
7chicken tick — noun : an argasid tick (Argas persicus syn. miniatus) attacking fowls in the warmer parts of the world and transmitting the fowl spirochetosis organism (Spirochaeta gallinae) * * * chicken tick, = chicken mite. (Cf. ↑chicken mite) …
8Bird tick — Bird Bird (b[ e]rd), n. [OE. brid, bred, bird, young bird, bird, AS. bridd young bird. [root]92.] 1. Orig., a chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a nestling; and hence, a feathered flying animal (see 2). [1913 Webster] That ungentle… …
9avian spirochetosis — fowl spirochetosis a septicemic disease of fowls caused by the spirochete Borrelia anserina, and spread by the fowl tick Argas persicus; manifestations include fever, anorexia, diarrhea, and neurologic signs ranging from mild incoordination to… …
10Argas persicus — Taxobox name = Fowl Tick image caption = regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda subphylum = Chelicerata classis = Arachnida subclassis = Acarina superordo = Parasitiformes ordo = Ixodida superfamilia = Argasoidea familia = Argasidae subfamilia =… …
