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hard ticks

hard ticks is the plural of hard tick.

Meaning of hard tick

Noun

hard tick (plural hard ticks)

  1. Any tick in the family Ixodidae, differing from the so-called soft ticks in several respects, in particular in that they bear a defensive hard shield (or scutum) on the body

Questions about hard ticks

What is hard ticks the plural of?
Hard ticks is the plural of hard tick.

Words near hard ticks in the dictionary

  1. hard tack
  2. hard tacks
  3. hard tech
  4. hard telling, not knowing
  5. hard tick
  6. hard ticks
  7. hard time
  8. hard times
  9. hard to swallow
  10. hard truth
  11. hard truths

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