ウシツツキうしつつきMeanings1nounoxpeckerusually written using kana aloneA bird of the genus Buphagus that feeds on ticks and other parasites on large mammals such as cattle and rhinoceroses.ウシツツキは牛うしの背せ中なかに止とまってダニを食たべる。Oxpeckers perch on the backs of cattle and eat ticks.