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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) From Ancient Greek αἷμα (haîma, “blood”) +  φυσαλλίς (phusallís, “bladder”), from φυσιόω (phusióō, “to puff up, blow up”), φυσώ (phusṓ).

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Haemaphysalis f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Ixodidae – small eyeless ticks, some of which are disease carriers.

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