longhorned tick
noun1
Any tick of species Haemaphysalis longicornis, native to the Old World, a disease vector among many mammals.
- Synonyms
- bush tick, cattle tick, Asian longhorned tick, Asian tick
- Related terms
- theileriosis, Lyme disease, spotted fever group, Ehrlichia chaffeensis, Anaplasma bovis, Tick-borne encephalitis virus, Powassan virus, Khasan virus, Japanese spotted fever, severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome