Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An ixodid, Boöphilus bovis. Also called
cattle-tick (which see, with cut).
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Examples
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Indians, and among the negroes of the South, -- the deer sometimes becoming the Rabbit in the South, and the _carapato_, or cow-tick, sometimes taking the place of the Tortoise on the Amazonas -- has a curious counterpart in the Hottentot Fables. [i_15] One day, to quote from
Nights With Uncle Remus Myths and Legends of the Old Plantation Joel Chandler Harris 1878
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