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1. Ticks

   "Ticks" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Brad Paisley. It was released in March 2007 as the first single from the album 5th Gear. It reached the top of the Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart and was featured as a downloadable track for the video game Guitar Hero: World Tour.

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1. Ticks

   Blood-sucking acarid parasites of the order Ixodida comprising two families: the softbacked ticks (ARGASIDAE) and hardbacked ticks (IXODIDAE). Ticks are larger than their relatives, the MITES. They penetrate the skin of their host by means of highly specialized, hooked mouth parts and feed on its blood. Ticks attack all groups of terrestrial vertebrates. In humans they are responsible for many TICK-BORNE DISEASES, including the transmission of ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; TULAREMIA; BABESIOSIS; AFRICAN SWINE FEVER; and RELAPSING FEVER. (From Barnes, Invertebrate Zoology, 5th ed, pp543-44)

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   Alex

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   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of ticks in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of ticks in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of ticks in a Sentence

1. Lyle Petersen:

   It enables these ticks to expand to new areas. Where there are ticks, there comes diseases.

2. Marisa Lankester:

   I never understood why it was illegal in the first place, it kind of ticks me off. Twenty-four hours ago, sports betting was illegal, now it’s like whatever.

3. Bruno Chomel:

   It makes sense that people who have pets, especially dogs, are more likely to be around fields or areas where ticks could be hanging out, pets can bring these parasites into the human environment, especially if they sit on couches or sleep in beds with owners.

4. Larry Hardiman:

   The word 'politics' is derived from the word 'poly', meaning 'many', and the word 'ticks', meaning 'blood sucking parasites'.

5. Max Lerner:

   We all run on two clocks. One is the outside clock, which ticks away our decades and brings us ceaselessly to the dry season. The other is the inside clock, where you are your own timekeeper and determine your own chronology, your own internal weather and your own rate of living. Sometimes the inner clock runs itself out long before the outer one, and you see a dead man going through the motions of living.

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