Argas

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Argas \Ar"gas\, n.
     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}.
     [1913 Webster]