bird tick

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bird tick - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Spider \Spi"der\, n.[OE. spi[thorn]re, fr. AS. spinnan to spin;
     -- so named from spinning its web; cf. D. spin a spider, G.
     spinne, Sw. spindel. See Spin.]
     1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of arachnids
        comprising the order Araneina. Spiders have the mandibles
        converted into poison fangs, or falcers. The abdomen is
        large and not segmented, with two or three pairs of
        spinnerets near the end, by means of which they spin
        threads of silk to form cocoons, or nests, to protect
        their eggs and young. Many species spin also complex webs
        to entrap the insects upon which they prey. The eyes are
        usually eight in number (rarely six), and are situated on
        the back of the cephalothorax. See Illust. under
        Araneina.
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     Note: Spiders are divided into two principal groups: the
           Dipneumona, having two lungs: and the Tetrapneumona,
           having four lungs. See Mygale. The former group
           includes several tribes; as, the jumping spiders (see
           Saltigradae), the wolf spiders, or Citigradae (see
           under Wolf), the crab spiders, or Laterigradae (see
           under Crab), the garden, or geometric, spiders, or
           Orbitellae (see under Geometrical, and Garden),
           and others. See Bird spider, under Bird, Grass spider
           , under Grass, House spider, under House,
           Silk spider, under Silk.
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     2. (Zool.) Any one of various other arachnids resembling the
        true spiders, especially certain mites, as the red spider
        (see under Red).
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     3. An iron pan with a long handle, used as a kitchen utensil
        in frying food. Originally, it had long legs, and was used
        over coals on the hearth.
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     4. A trevet to support pans or pots over a fire.
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     5. (Mach.) A skeleton, or frame, having radiating arms or
        members, often connected by crosspieces; as, a casting
        forming the hub and spokes to which the rim of a fly wheel
        or large gear is bolted; the body of a piston head; a
        frame for strengthening a core or mold for a casting, etc.
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     Spider ant. (Zool.) Same as Solitary ant, under
        Solitary.
  
     Spider crab (Zool.), any one of numerous species of maioid
        crabs having a more or less triangular body and ten long
        legs. Some of the species grow to great size, as the great
        Japanese spider crab (Macrocheira Kempferi), measuring
        sometimes more than fifteen feet across the legs when they
        are extended.
  
     Spider fly (Zool.), any one of numerous species of
        parasitic dipterous insects of the family Hippoboscidae.
        They are mostly destitute of wings, and live among the
        feathers of birds and the hair of bats. Called also bird  tick
        , and bat tick.
  
     Spider hunter (Zool.), any one of several species of East
        Indian sunbirds of the genus Arachnothera.
  
     Spider lines, filaments of a spider's web crossing the
        field of vision in optical instruments; -- used for
        determining the exact position of objects and making
        delicate measurements. Fine wires, silk fibers, or lines
        on glass similarly placed, are called spider lines.
  
     Spider mite. (Zool.)
        (a) Any one of several species of parasitic mites of the
            genus Argas and allied genera. See Argas.
        (b) Any one of numerous small mites injurious to plants.
            
  
     Spider monkey (Zool.), any one of numerous species of South
        American monkeys of the genus Ateles, having very long
        legs and a long prehensile tail.
  
     Spider orchis (Bot.), a European orchidaceous plant
        (Ophrys aranifera), having flowers which resemble
        spiders.
  
     Spider shell (Zool.), any shell of the genus Pteroceras.
        See Pteroceras.
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  Bird \Bird\ (b[~e]rd), n. [OE. brid, bred, bird, young bird,
     bird, AS. bridd young bird. [root]92.]
     1. Orig., a chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a
        nestling; and hence, a feathered flying animal (see 2).
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              That ungentle gull, the cuckoo's bird. --Shak.
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              The brydds [birds] of the aier have nestes.
                                                    --Tyndale
                                                    (Matt. viii.
                                                    20).
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     2. (Zool.) A warm-blooded, feathered vertebrate provided with
        wings. See Aves.
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     3. Specifically, among sportsmen, a game bird.
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     4. Fig.: A girl; a maiden.
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              And by my word! the bonny bird
              In danger shall not tarry.            --Campbell.
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     Arabian bird, the phenix.
  
     Bird of Jove, the eagle.
  
     Bird of Juno, the peacock.
  
     Bird louse (Zool.), a wingless insect of the group
        Mallophaga, of which the genera and species are very
        numerous and mostly parasitic upon birds. -- Bird mite
        (Zool.), a small mite (genera Dermanyssus,
        Dermaleichus and allies) parasitic upon birds. The
        species are numerous.
  
     Bird of passage, a migratory bird.
  
     Bird spider (Zool.), a very large South American spider
        (Mygale avicularia). It is said sometimes to capture and
        kill small birds.
  
     Bird tick (Zool.), a dipterous insect parasitic upon birds
        (genus Ornithomyia, and allies), usually winged.
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