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  .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  phy·let·ic 
 
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