(n) a tick that feeds on dusky-footed wood rat and bites humans; principal vector for Lyme disease in western United States especially northern California, Syn.western black-legged tick
(n) parasitic on mice of genus Peromyscus and bites humans; principal vector for Lyme disease in eastern United States (especially New England); northern form was for a time known as Ixodes dammini (deer tick), Syn.black-legged tick
(n) parasitic on sheep and cattle as well as humans; can transmit looping ill in sheep (acute viral disease of the nervous system); a vector for Lyme disease spirochete, Syn.Ixodes ricinus, sheep tick
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; like birdlime; &unr_; birdlime + e'i^dos form. ] (Zool.) A genus of parasitic Acarina, which includes various species of ticks. See Tick, the insect. [ 1913 Webster ]
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