fowl tick, noun phrase

The tampan (sense b), Argas persicus.
1914 Farmer’s Annual 277Fowl Tick or Tampans, These horrible insects..are on the increase in South Africa, and if you are fortunate to have none it is advisable to take every precaution to keep them away.
1929 Handbk for Farmers (Dept of Agric.) 255The fowl tick, often called ‘tampan,’ is an oval-shaped, slate-coloured tick with light-yellow legs and has its mouth-parts situated below the anterior end of the body.
1946 C.W. Smith S. Afr. Poultry Bk 145Fowl Ticks. These are frequently called tampans in South Africa, a name which really belongs to a closely allied species.
1946 C.W. Smith S. Afr. Poultry Bk 146In some parts of the country fowl ticks are so bad that poultry-keeping is only a doubtful proposition.
1974 [see tampan].
The tampan (sense b), Argas persicus.
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