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Webster 1913 Edition


Argas


Ar′gas

,
Noun.
A genus of venomous ticks which attack men and animals. The famous Persian Argas, also called
Miana bug
, is
Argas Persicus
; that of
Central America
, called
talaje
by the natives, is
Argas Talaje
.

Definition 2024


Argas

Argas

Translingual

Proper noun

Argas m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Argasidae – certain ticks.

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