puutiainen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- tick noun A small blood-feeding arachnid that attaches to the skin of animals and humans.
Senses
puutiainen is used for these senses in English:
- castor bean tick A tick of species Ixodes ricinus, a vector for Lyme disease and tick-borne encephalitis.
- hard tick Any tick in the family Ixodidae, differing from the so-called soft ticks in several respects, in particular in that they bear a defensive hard shield (or scutum) on the body
- tick A tiny woodland arachnid of the suborder Ixodida.
tick — full definition
- noun A small blood-feeding arachnid that attaches to the skin of animals and humans.
- noun A short, sharp repeated sound, like that made by a clock.
- noun A checkmark used to show something is correct or complete.
- verb To make a rhythmic clicking sound, or to mark something with a checkmark.