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DEER TICK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A northeastern tick now recognized as same species as Ixodes scapularis
Synonyms:
deer tick; Ixodes dammini
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("deer tick" is a kind of...):
hard tick; ixodid (ticks having a hard shield on the back and mouth parts that project from the head)
Holonyms ("deer tick" is a member of...):
genus Ixodes; Ixodes (type genus of the family Ixodidae)
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