wood tick

noun

1. American dog tick.

Word History and Origins

Origin of wood tick¹

First recorded in 1660–70

Example Sentences

While there, we were greatly annoyed by the wood-tick—an insect resembling, in size and in other respects, the sheep-tick.

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She says they very soon found out as they was under a wood-tick tree too, an' the children run into a burr-patch after dinner.

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The wood-tick is a small, rather disgusting-looking creature which, in appearance and size, resembles the common bedbug.

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Doubtless at that same instant I shall discover a wood-tick advancing up one of my trousers' legs.

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When I hire out I goes ter the highest bidder, an' I sticks thar like a wood-tick ter a yaller dog.

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