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Argasidae

noun

soft ticks

• Syn: ↑family Argasidae

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Acarina, ↑order Acarina

• Member Meronyms: ↑soft tick, ↑argasid

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\\ärˈgasə̇ˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Argas, type genus + -idae

: a family of ticks that includes a number of medically and economically important ticks all of which lack a scutum and exhibit no marked sexual dimorphism — see argas, ornithodoros

Useful english dictionary. 2012.