cattle tick
noun
a dark brown tick, Boophilus annulatus, that infests cattle and is a vector for parasitic diseases of cattle, as babesiosis.
Origin of cattle tick
An Americanism dating back to 1865–70
Words nearby cattle tick
cattle market,
cattle plague,
cattle prod,
cattle run,
cattle show,
cattle tick,
cattle truck,
cattle-cake,
cattle-grid,
cattle-stop,
cattleduffer