Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
Ar·gas·i·dae Pronunciation:
är-'gas-&-"dE Function:
noun plural : a family of ticks of the superfamily Ixodoideathat comprises the soft ticks and includes a number of medically and economically important ticks all of which lack a scutum and exhibit no marked sexual dimorphism —see
ARGAS, ORNITHODOROS —ar·gas·id /-&d/ adjective
