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Meaning of blood tick | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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

Examples

“"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."”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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