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kangaroo ticks

kangaroo ticks is the plural of kangaroo tick.

Meaning of kangaroo tick

Noun

kangaroo tick (plural kangaroo ticks)

  1. A tick of species Amblyomma triguttatum, that primarily parasites on kangaroos and other macropods.
    • ‘We must have sat down on a kangaroo camp when we boiled the billy at midday,’ I remarked irritably. Laurie laughed while I burned three kangaroo ticks from my legs.1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 82
  2. The tick Haemaphysalis bancrofti, that similarly parasites macropods.

Questions about kangaroo ticks

What is kangaroo ticks the plural of?
Kangaroo ticks is the plural of kangaroo tick.

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