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ARGASIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Argasidae mean?
• ARGASIDAE (noun)
The noun ARGASIDAE has 1 sense:
1. soft ticks
Familiarity information: ARGASIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Soft ticks
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Argasidae; family Argasidae
Hypernyms ("Argasidae" is a kind of...):
arthropod family (any of the arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "Argasidae"):
argasid; soft tick (tick lacking a dorsal shield and having mouth parts on the under side of the head)
Holonyms ("Argasidae" is a member of...):
Acarina; order Acarina (mites and ticks)
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"If two thieves quarreled, what was stolen emerges." (Arabic proverb)
"He who digs a pit for another falls into it himself." (Czech proverb)