Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

blood tick

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.78 in modern English

Syllables: blood- tick
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A tick of the family Ixodidae, especially one engorged with blood.

Example Sentences

""To a man of philosophic temperament like myself the blood-tick, with its lancet-like proboscis and its distending stomach, is as beautiful a work of Nature as the peacock or, for that matter, the aurora borealis.""

Inflected Forms

blood ticks (plural)

Questions

What does blood tick mean?: A tick of the family Ixodidae, especially one engorged with blood.

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