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The 14 pages that link to Tick, each with the reason it gives.

• ArachnidBroader topic: Ticks are specialized parasites with life cycles that often involve several hosts.

• CheliceraBroader topic: Tick chelicerae cut or pierce skin and help anchor the feeding apparatus.

• MitesCompared with: Ticks are Acari like mites, but their larger bodies and blood-feeding habits set them apart.

• EctoparasiteBroader topic: Ticks illustrate prolonged attachment and blood feeding on external surfaces.

• FleaCompared with: Ticks are not insects and generally remain attached longer during a blood meal.

• AcariBroader topic: Ticks are the best-known acari adapted for prolonged attachment and blood feeding.

• PseudoscorpionCompared with: Ticks are mites with feeding adaptations, not free-living pincer-armed predators.

• Tick-borne diseaseNarrower topic: Ticks acquire pathogens from infected hosts and may pass them on during later blood meals.

• Cattle egretRelated: Cattle egrets sometimes consume ticks and other parasites found near large animals.

• AcaricideBroader topic: Ticks are one of the two principal target groups of acaricides.

• OxpeckerRelated: Ticks are a prominent food source that oxpeckers remove from mammalian hosts.

• ParasitiformesBroader topic: Ticks illustrate specialized host attachment and blood feeding within the lineage.

• BorreliaRelated: Ticks transmit Lyme disease Borrelia and several tick-borne relapsing-fever species.

• MosquitoCompared with: Ticks transmit pathogens through prolonged attachment rather than a mosquito’s brief bite.