brown tick, noun phrase

Obsolescent. brown ear tick.
1905 D. Hutcheon in Flint & Gilchrist Science in S. Afr. 340Transmission of African Coast Fever, This fever can be transmitted by the ‘Brown Tick,’ Rhipicephalus appendiculatus.
1910 A.B. Lamont Rural Reader 46Ticks annoy all kinds of stock by sucking their blood...They..are named after their colours — red, blue, brown and ‘bont’ (variegated).
1918 S.H. Skaife Animal Life in S. Afr. 181There are several species of brown ticks in this country...They..act as carriers of the east coast fever germs, and..are also capable of carrying red-water fever and gallsickness.
1937 Handbk for Farmers (Dept of Agric. & Forestry) 516The most important of these ticks are the brown tick (Rhipicephalus appendiculatus) which transmits East Coast fever and the bont tick..which transmits heartwater.
1957 Handbk for Farmers (Dept of Agric.) III. 483Each of the three stages — larvae, nymphs and adults — require a separate host for feeding...The brown tick..and the bont tick..constitute examples of this group.
1971 Potgieter & Du Plessis Animal Life in Sn Afr. 220The brown tick transmits redwater and gall-sickness as well as East Coast fever.
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