kangaroo tick noun2 •A tick of species Amblyomma triguttatum, that primarily parasites on kangaroos and other macropods.‘We must have sat down on a kangaroo camp when we boiled the billy at midday,’ I remarked irritably. Laurie laughed while I burned three kangaroo ticks from my legs. — 1937 •The tick Haemaphysalis bancrofti, that similarly parasites macropods. formskangaroo ticks
