soft tick

noun

1. any of numerous ticks of the family Argasidae, lacking a dorsal shield and having the mouthparts on the underside of the head.

Example Sentences

You might hear the soft tick, tick, tick of your interest rate going up.

From Reuters

The species, Carios kelleyi, is known as a “soft tick” given its soft, leathery body, as opposed to “hard ticks” such as deer ticks, which can carry Lyme disease, per a university news release.

From Fox News

That virus could then travel via soft tick to domesticated hogs.

From Washington Post

That virus then could travel via soft tick to domesticated hogs.

From Seattle Times

You might hear the soft tick, tick, tick of your interest rate going up.

From Reuters